CVE-2019-18898

High

Description

UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the trousers package of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1; openSUSE Factory allowed local attackers escalate privileges from user tss to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 trousers versions prior to 0.3.14-6.3.1. openSUSE Factory trousers versions prior to 0.3.14-7.1.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.7
Exploit probability—
ProductSuse Trousers
PublishedJan 23, 2020
First seenJan 23, 2020

How to fix

Update
  • suse trousers0.3.14-6.3.1, 0.3.14-7.1 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
suse trousersv < 0.3.14-6.3.1, v < 0.3.14-7.10.3.14-6.3.1, 0.3.14-7.1
opensuse leap15.1—

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