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ghsa-jxhx-2gqw-c77x

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-24 17:02

Modified

2022-05-24 17:02

Details

The chkstat tool in the permissions package followed symlinks before commit a9e1d26cd49ef9ee0c2060c859321128a6dd4230 (please also check the additional hardenings after this fix). This allowed local attackers with control over a path that is traversed by chkstat to escalate privileges.

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  "modified": "2022-05-24T17:02:46Z",
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CVE-2019-3690 (GCVE-0-2019-3690)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2019-12-05 15:30

Modified

2024-09-16 16:38

Severity ?

6.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

CWE

CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Summary

References

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	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00024.html	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
	https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1150734	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	SUSE	permissions	Version: unspecified < a9e1d26cd49ef9ee0c2060c859321128a6dd4230

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