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CVE-2018-19640 (GCVE-0-2018-19640)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-03-05 16:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 01:45
VLAI
Title
Code execution if run with command line switch -v
Summary
If the attacker manages to create files in the directory used to collect log files in supportutils before version 3.1-5.7.1 (e.g. with CVE-2018-19638) he can kill arbitrary processes on the local machine.
Severity
4.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
SUSE supportutils Affected: unspecified , < 3.1-5.7.1 (custom)
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Date Public
2019-02-21 00:00
Credits
Johannes Segitz of SUSE
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