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SUSE: CVE-2019-3688: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2019-3688: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C)
Published
10/07/2019
Created
11/23/2019
Added
11/22/2019
Modified
10/22/2021

Description

The /usr/sbin/pinger binary packaged with squid in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 before and including version 4.8-5.8.1 and in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 before and including 3.5.21-26.17.1 had squid:root, 0750 permissions. This allowed an attacker that compromissed the squid user to gain persistence by changing the binary

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-permissions
  • suse-upgrade-permissions-zypp-plugin
  • suse-upgrade-squid

References

  • SUSE-SU-2019:2975-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:3180-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:3182-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:3183-1
  • SUSE-SU-2020:1163-1
  • SUSE-SU-2021:2280-1
  • CVE-2019-3688
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