CVE-2019-3689 Information

Description

The nfs-utils package in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 before and including version 1.3.0-34.18.1 and in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 before and including version 2.1.1-6.10.2 the directory /var/lib/nfs is owned by statd:nogroup. This directory contains files owned and managed by root. If statd is compromised it can therefore trick processes running with root privileges into creating/overwriting files anywhere on the system.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00071.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00006.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1150733 https://git.linux-nfs.org/?p=steved/nfs-utils.git;a=commitdiff;h=fee2cc29e888f2ced6a76990923aef19d326dc0e https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00026.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/4400-1/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8