CVE-2019-3688 MEDIUM

CVE-2019-3688: squid: /usr/sbin/pinger packaged with wrong permission

Vendor Suse
Product SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
Weakness CWE-276
Published October 7, 2019
Last update September 16, 2024
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CVSS base score

5.1/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

The /usr/sbin/pinger binary packaged with squid in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 before and including version 4.8-5.8.1 and in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 before and including 3.5.21-26.17.1 had squid:root, 0750 permissions. This allowed an attacker that compromissed the squid user to gain persistence by changing the binary

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 7, 2019 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated