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ubuntu-cve-2019-18899

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2020-01-23 15:15

Modified

2025-07-08 10:40

Summary

Details

The apt-cacher-ng package of openSUSE Leap 15.1 runs operations in user owned directory /run/apt-cacher-ng with root privileges. This can allow local attackers to influence the outcome of these operations. This issue affects: openSUSE Leap 15.1 apt-cacher-ng versions prior to 3.1-lp151.3.3.1.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

6.2 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

N/A (UNKNOWN)

low

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-18899	REPORT
	https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-18899	REPORT

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  "modified": "2025-07-08T10:40:34Z",
  "published": "2020-01-23T15:15:00Z",
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
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  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-08T10:45:35Z"
}

CVE-2019-18899 (GCVE-0-2019-18899)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-01-23 15:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 01:25

Title

apt-cacher-ng insecure use of /run/apt-cacher-ng

Summary

Severity

6.2 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CWE

CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Assigner

suse

References

3 references

URL	Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisory
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157703

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
openSUSE	Leap 15.1	Affected: apt-cacher-ng , < 3.1-lp151.3.3.1 (custom)

Date Public

2020-01-20 00:00

Credits

Matthias Gerstner of SUSE

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Sightings

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ubuntu-cve-2019-18899

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2019-18899 (GCVE-0-2019-18899)

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