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SUSE: CVE-2019-18898: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2019-18898: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
12/19/2019
Created
01/17/2020
Added
01/15/2020
Modified
10/22/2021

Description

UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the trousers package of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1; openSUSE Factory allowed local attackers escalate privileges from user tss to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 trousers versions prior to 0.3.14-6.3.1. openSUSE Factory trousers versions prior to 0.3.14-7.1.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libtspi1
  • suse-upgrade-libtspi1-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-trousers
  • suse-upgrade-trousers-devel

References

  • SUSE-SU-2019:3349-1
  • CVE-2019-18898

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