CVE-2019-3698

Medium

Description

UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the cronjob shipped with nagios of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11; openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to cause cause DoS or potentially escalate privileges by winning a race. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 nagios version 3.5.1-5.27 and prior versions. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 nagios version 3.0.6-1.25.36.3.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory nagios version 4.4.5-2.1 and prior versions.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.7
Exploit probability—
ProductNagios
PublishedFeb 28, 2020
First seenFeb 28, 2020

How to fix

Update
  • nagios nagios3.5.1, 3.0.6 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
nagios nagiosv < 3.5.1, v < 3.0.63.5.1, 3.0.6
opensuse backports_sle15.0—
opensuse leap15.1—

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