squid: /usr/sbin/pinger packaged with wrong permission
CVE-2019-3688

5.1MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Suse
Status
Suse Linux Enterprise Server 15
Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12
Vendor
CVE Published:
7 October 2019

What is CVE-2019-3688?

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

Affected Version(s)

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 squid <= 3.5.21-26.17.1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 squid <= 4.8-5.8.1

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1093414
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019...
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.1
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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