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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.4 High

CVE-2019-18897

Local privilege escalation from user salt to root

Description

A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of salt of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15; openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to escalate privileges from user salt to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 salt-master version 2019.2.0-46.83.1 and prior versions. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 salt-master version 2019.2.0-6.21.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory salt-master version 2019.2.2-3.1 and prior versions.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12

  • salt-master to ≤ 2019.2.0-46.83.1affected

SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15

  • salt-master to ≤ 2019.2.0-6.21.1affected

openSUSE Factory

  • salt-master to ≤ 2019.2.2-3.1affected

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