CVE-2019-3689 MEDIUM

CVE-2019-3689: nfs-utils: root-owned files stored in insecure /var/lib/nfs directory

Vendor Suse
Product SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
Weakness CWE-276
Published September 19, 2019
Last update September 17, 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 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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 19, 2019 CVE published
September 17, 2024 Record updated