High severity · published Feb 28, 2020
CVE-2019-3698
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…
7.0
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 52% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BS
Backports Sle · Opensuse
15.0 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
15.1 · source: NVD
NA
Nagios · Nagios
before 3.5.1; before 3.0.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3698
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-3698
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00014.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00022.html
Exploit
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1156309
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