CVE-2019-3690

published 2019-12-05

CVE-2019-3690: The chkstat tool in the permissions package followed symlinks before commit a9e1d26cd49ef9ee0c2060c859321128a6dd4230 (please also check the additional…

Priority P3 37 high 7.8 CVSS 3.1

AV L AC L PR L UI N S U C H I H A H

The chkstat tool in the permissions package followed symlinks before commit a9e1d26cd49ef9ee0c2060c859321128a6dd4230 (please also check the additional hardenings after this fix). This allowed local attackers with control over a path that is traversed by chkstat to escalate privileges.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
opensuse	leap	—	—
suse	permissions	>= unspecified < a9e1d26cd49ef9ee0c2060c859321128a6dd4230	a9e1d26cd49ef9ee0c2060c859321128a6dd4230

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 7.2 HIGH AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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