CVE-2019-3693

published 2020-01-24

CVE-2019-3693: A symlink following vulnerability in the packaging of mailman in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12; openSUSE Leap 15.1 allowed…

Priority P3 40 high 7.8 CVSS 3.1

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

A symlink following vulnerability in the packaging of mailman in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12; openSUSE Leap 15.1 allowed local attackers to escalate their privileges from user wwwrun to root. Additionally arbitrary files could be changed to group mailman. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 mailman versions prior to 2.1.15-9.6.15.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 mailman versions prior to 2.1.17-3.11.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 mailman version 2.1.29-lp151.2.14 and prior versions.

Affected

7 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
opensuse	backports_sle	—	—
opensuse	leap_15.1	mailman – 2.1.29-lp151.2.14	—
suse	mailman	< 2.1.15-9.6.15.1	2.1.15-9.6.15.1
suse	mailman	< 2.1.17-3.11.1	2.1.17-3.11.1
suse	mailman	<= 2.1.29-lp151.2.14	—
suse	suse_linux_enterprise_server_11	>= mailman < 2.1.15-9.6.15.1	2.1.15-9.6.15.1
suse	suse_linux_enterprise_server_12	>= mailman < 2.1.17-3.11.1	2.1.17-3.11.1

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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