trousers: Local privilege escalation from tss to root
CVE-2019-18898

7.7HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Suse
Status
Suse Linux Enterprise Server 15 Sp1
Factory
Vendor
CVE Published:
23 January 2020

What is CVE-2019-18898?

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.

Affected Version(s)

Factory trousers < 0.3.14-7.1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 trousers < 0.3.14-6.3.1

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020...
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157651
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.7
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Johannes Segitz from SUSE
.