CVE-2019-3691: A Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of munge in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15; openSUSE Factory allowed local attackers to…

PriorityP340high7.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.52%

40.9th percentile

A Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of munge in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15; openSUSE Factory allowed local attackers to escalate privileges from user munge to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 munge versions prior to 0.5.13-4.3.1. openSUSE Factory munge versions prior to 0.5.13-6.1.

Affected

4 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
opensuse	factory	>= munge < 0.5.13-6.1	0.5.13-6.1
opensuse	munge	< 0.5.13-4.3.1	0.5.13-4.3.1
opensuse	munge	< 0.5.13-6.1	0.5.13-6.1
suse	suse_linux_enterprise_server_15	>= munge < 0.5.13-4.3.1	0.5.13-4.3.1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.07.2HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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