Upstream information

CVE-2019-3693 at MITRE

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.

CVSS v2 Scores
  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
CVSS v3 Scores
  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 Bugzilla entry: 1154328 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
HPE Helion OpenStack 8
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.11.1
 Patchnames:
HPE-Helion-OpenStack-8-2019-3076
SUSE Enterprise Storage 5
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.11.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-Storage-5-2019-3076
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3
  • mailman >= 2.1.15-9.6.15.1
 Patchnames:
sleposp3-mailman-14230
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.11.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-POS-12-SP2-CLIENT-2019-3076
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS
  • mailman >= 2.1.15-9.6.15.1
 Patchnames:
slessp4-mailman-14230
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.11.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2019-3076
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.11.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-BCL-2019-3076
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.11.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-ESPOS-2019-3076
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.11.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2019-3076
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.11.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-BCL-2019-3076
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.11.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-ESPOS-2019-3076
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.11.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2019-3076
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.11.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-3076
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.11.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2019-3076
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.11.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2019-3076
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.11.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP2-2019-3076
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.11.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP3-2019-3076
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.11.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2019-3076
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.11.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-8-2019-3076
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8
  • mailman >= 2.1.17-3.11.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-8-2019-3076
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP1
  • mailman >= 2.1.29-bp151.5.3.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2020-156
openSUSE Leap 15.1
  • mailman >= 2.1.29-lp151.3.3.1
 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 Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical 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 LTSS Extended Security 12-SP5 mailman Affected

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Oct 17 13:21:59 2019
CVE page last modified: Tue Nov 12 19:21:42 2024