Upstream information

CVE-2019-11481 at MITRE

Description

Kevin Backhouse discovered that apport would read a user-supplied configuration file with elevated privileges. By replacing the file with a symbolic link, a user could get apport to read any file on the system as root, with unknown consequences.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 6.1
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 3.8 4.4
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required Low Low
User Interaction None None
Scope Changed Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact Low Low
Integrity Impact None None
Availability Impact None Low
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1155478 [IN_PROGRESS]

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 apport Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 apport Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS apport Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 apport Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS apport Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS apport Unsupported


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Oct 30 17:28:13 2019
CVE page last modified: Fri Oct 13 20:29:08 2023