User can overwrite arbitrary log files in support tar
CVE-2018-19638

2.2LOW

Key Information:

Vendor

Suse
Status
Supportutils
Vendor
CVE Published:
5 March 2019

What is CVE-2018-19638?

In supportutils, before version 3.1-5.7.1 and if pacemaker is installed on the system, an unprivileged user could have overwritten arbitrary files in the directory that is used by supportutils to collect the log files.

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Affected Version(s)

supportutils < 3.1-5.7.1

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1118460
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
2.2
Severity:
LOW
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Johannes Segitz of SUSE
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