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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD5.7 Medium

CVE-2019-3698

nagios cron job allows privilege escalation from user nagios to root

Description

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.

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

  • nagios to ≤ 3.5.1-5.27affected

SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11

  • nagios to ≤ 3.0.6-1.25.36.3.1affected

openSUSE Factory

  • nagios to ≤ 4.4.5-2.1affected

References