CVE-2019-19191

High

Description

Shibboleth Service Provider (SP) 3.x before 3.1.0 shipped a spec file that calls chown on files in a directory controlled by the service user (the shibd account) after installation. This allows the user to escalate to root by pointing symlinks to files such as /etc/shadow.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductShibboleth Service Provider
PublishedNov 21, 2019
First seenNov 21, 2019

How to fix

Update
  • shibboleth service_provider3.1.0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
shibboleth service_provider3.0.0 ≤ v < 3.1.03.1.0

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