CVE-2019-3689

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.1
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux-nfs Nfs-utils
PublishedSep 19, 2019
First seenSep 19, 2019
Weakness typeCWE-276CWE-276

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Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux-nfs nfs-utilsv ≤ 1.3.0-34.18.1, v ≤ 2.1.1-6.10.2—

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