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SUSE: CVE-2019-5164: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2019-5164: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/03/2019
Created
12/14/2019
Added
12/12/2019
Modified
10/22/2021

Description

An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the ss-manager binary of Shadowsocks-libev 3.3.2. Specially crafted network packets sent to ss-manager can cause an arbitrary binary to run, resulting in code execution and privilege escalation. An attacker can send network packets to trigger this vulnerability.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libshadowsocks-libev2
  • suse-upgrade-shadowsocks-libev
  • suse-upgrade-shadowsocks-libev-devel
  • suse-upgrade-shadowsocks-libev-doc

References

  • CVE-2019-5164

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