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CVE-2019-3691

Local privilege escalation from user munge to root

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 0.5.13-4.3.1, 0.5.13-6.1
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

A Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of munge in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15; openSUSE Factory allowed local attackers to escalate privileges from user munge to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 munge versions prior to 0.5.13-4.3.1. openSUSE Factory munge versions prior to 0.5.13-6.1.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15

    From munge · fixed in 0.5.13-4.3.1

  • openSUSE Factory

    From munge · fixed in 0.5.13-6.1

References 1

bugzilla.suse.com