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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.7 High

CVE-2019-3693

Local privilege escalation from user wwwrun to root in the packaging of mailman

Description

A symlink following vulnerability in the packaging of mailman in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12; openSUSE Leap 15.1 allowed local attackers to escalate their privileges from user wwwrun to root. Additionally arbitrary files could be changed to group mailman. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 mailman versions prior to 2.1.15-9.6.15.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 mailman versions prior to 2.1.17-3.11.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 mailman version 2.1.29-lp151.2.14 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 11

  • mailman to < 2.1.15-9.6.15.1affected

SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12

  • mailman to < 2.1.17-3.11.1affected

openSUSE Leap 15.1

  • mailman to ≤ 2.1.29-lp151.2.14affected

References