FKIE_CVE-2019-18897

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-03-02 16:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:25
Severity
8.4 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
meissner@suse.dehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00026.htmlBroken Link, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
meissner@suse.dehttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157465Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00026.htmlBroken Link, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157465Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
suse linux_enterprise_server 12
suse linux_enterprise_server 15
opensuse leap 15.1
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