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CVE-2019-3698

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-59 Link Following
Publication date:
28/02/2020
Last modified:
17/06/2026

Description

UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the cronjob shipped with nagios of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11; openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to cause cause DoS or potentially escalate privileges by winning a race. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 nagios version 3.5.1-5.27 and prior versions. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 nagios version 3.0.6-1.25.36.3.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory nagios version 4.4.5-2.1 and prior versions.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.70 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Low

Base Score 3.x
5.70
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.90 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
6.90
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.5.1 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.0.6 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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