CVE-2019-3690

CVE-2019-3690 originates from the chkstat tool in the permissions package, which followed symlinks before commit, enabling local privilege escalation for attackers with control over a traversed path. Connected advisories confirm this vulnerability in SUSE products and document a fix in the relate...

CVE-2005-3321

chkstat in SuSE Linux 9.0 through 10.0 allows local users to modify permissions of files by creating a hardlink to a file from a world-writable directory, which can cause the link count to drop to 1 when the file is deleted or replaced, which is then modified by chkstat to use weaker permissions...

CVE-2005-3321

Affected software: SuSE Linux 9.0–10.0. Vulnerable component: chkstat. Local users can cause weaker file permissions by creating a hardlink to a file from a world-writable directory, which reduces the link count to 1 when the original file is deleted or replaced, after which chkstat updates permi...

SUSE-SA:2005:062: permissions

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2005:062 permissions. SUSE LINUX ships with three pre defined sets of permissions, 'easy', 'secure' and 'paranoid'. The chkstat program contained in the permissions package is used to set those permissions to the chosen level. Level...