Upstream information
Description
A symlink following vulnerability in the packaging of mailman in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12; openSUSE Leap 15.1 allowed local attackers to escalate their privileges from user wwwrun to root. Additionally arbitrary files could be changed to group mailman. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 mailman versions prior to 2.1.15-9.6.15.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 mailman versions prior to 2.1.17-3.11.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 mailman version 2.1.29-lp151.2.14 and prior versions.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 7.2 |
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Complete |
| Integrity Impact | Complete |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
| National Vulnerability Database | SUSE | |
|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 7.8 | 7 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low | High |
| Privileges Required | Low | Low |
| User Interaction | None | None |
| Scope | Unchanged | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | High | High |
| Integrity Impact | High | High |
| Availability Impact | High | High |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3.1 | 3 |
SUSE Security Advisories:
- SUSE-SU-2019:14230-1, published Mon Nov 25 13:13:18 MST 2019
- SUSE-SU-2019:3076-1, published Tue Nov 26 13:14:30 MST 2019
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0148-1, published Thu Dec 7 12:55:39 2023
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0156-1, published Thu Dec 7 12:55:39 2023
List of released packages
| Product(s) | Fixed package version(s) | References |
|---|---|---|
| HPE Helion OpenStack 8 |
| Patchnames: HPE-Helion-OpenStack-8-2019-3076 |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 |
| Patchnames: SUSE-Storage-5-2019-3076 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 |
| Patchnames: sleposp3-mailman-14230 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT |
| Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-POS-12-SP2-CLIENT-2019-3076 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS |
| Patchnames: slessp4-mailman-14230 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS |
| Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2019-3076 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL |
| Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-BCL-2019-3076 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS |
| Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-ESPOS-2019-3076 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS |
| Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2019-3076 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL |
| Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-BCL-2019-3076 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS |
| Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-ESPOS-2019-3076 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS |
| Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2019-3076 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 |
| Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-3076 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 |
| Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2019-3076 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 |
| Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2019-3076 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 |
| Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP2-2019-3076 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 |
| Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP3-2019-3076 |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 |
| Patchnames: SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2019-3076 |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 |
| Patchnames: SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-8-2019-3076 |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 |
| Patchnames: SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-8-2019-3076 |
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP1 |
| Patchnames: openSUSE-2020-156 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.1 |
| Patchnames: openSUSE-2020-148 |
Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.
| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Products under general support and receiving all security fixes. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 | mailman | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | mailman | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS | mailman | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 | mailman | Released |
| Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
| HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | mailman | Released |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 | mailman | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 | mailman | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 | mailman | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT | mailman | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 | mailman | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service Image Server 12 SP2 | mailman | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4-LTSS | mailman | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS | mailman | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 | mailman | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS | mailman | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 | mailman | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS | mailman | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | mailman | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS | mailman | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS | mailman | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 | mailman | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 | mailman | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS | mailman | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 | mailman | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL | mailman | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS | mailman | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS | mailman | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | mailman | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL | mailman | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS | mailman | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS | mailman | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 | mailman | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS | mailman | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS | mailman | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS | mailman | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 | mailman | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 | mailman | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 | mailman | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 | mailman | Released |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 | mailman | Released |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 | mailman | Released |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 | mailman | Released |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 | mailman | Released |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 | mailman | Released |
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP1 | mailman | Released |
| Products at an unknown state of their lifecycle. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security | mailman | Affected |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Thu Oct 17 13:21:59 2019CVE page last modified: Tue Oct 8 18:22:40 2024