CVE-2019-3698 nagios cron job allows privilege escalation from user nagios to root

2020-02-2813:20:14

CWE-59

suse

www.cve.org

CVSS3

5.7

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L

AI Score

6.7

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

25.6%

JSON

UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the cronjob shipped with nagios of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11; openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to cause cause DoS or potentially escalate privileges by winning a race. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 nagios version 3.5.1-5.27 and prior versions. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 nagios version 3.0.6-1.25.36.3.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory nagios version 4.4.5-2.1 and prior versions.

CNA Affected

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  {
    "product": "SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12",
    "vendor": "SUSE",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThanOrEqual": "3.5.1-5.27",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "nagios",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "product": "SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11",
    "vendor": "SUSE",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThanOrEqual": "3.0.6-1.25.36.3.1",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "nagios",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "product": "Factory",
    "vendor": "openSUSE",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThanOrEqual": "4.4.5-2.1",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "nagios",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]