Upstream information

CVE-2018-19636 at MITRE

Description

Supportutils, before version 3.1-5.7.1, when run with command line argument -A searched the file system for a ndspath binary. If an attacker provides one at an arbitrary location it is executed with root privileges

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.2
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 7.8 7.3
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Access Vector Local Local
Access Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required Low Low
User Interaction None Required
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High High
Integrity Impact High High
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3 3
SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1063385 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 1117751 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE CaaS Platform ALL
  • supportutils >= 3.0-95.21.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-CAASP-ALL-2019-1122
SUSE Enterprise Storage 4
  • hostinfo >= 1.0.1-19.5.1
  • supportutils >= 3.0-95.21.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-Storage-4-2019-1122
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
  • supportutils >= 3.0-95.21.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2019-1122
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4
  • supportutils >= 3.0-95.21.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2019-1122
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • supportutils >= 3.0.3-95.27.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3
  • supportutils >= 1.20-122.9.1
 Patchnames:
sleposp3-supportutils-13976
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT
  • hostinfo >= 1.0.1-19.5.1
  • supportutils >= 3.0-95.21.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-POS-12-SP2-CLIENT-2019-1122
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
  • supportutils >= 1.20-122.9.1
 Patchnames:
slessp4-supportutils-13976
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS
  • hostinfo >= 1.0.1-19.5.1
  • supportutils >= 3.0-95.21.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2019-1122
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL
  • hostinfo >= 1.0.1-19.5.1
  • supportutils >= 3.0-95.21.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-BCL-2019-1122
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS
  • hostinfo >= 1.0.1-19.5.1
  • supportutils >= 3.0-95.21.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-ESPOS-2019-1122
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS
  • hostinfo >= 1.0.1-19.5.1
  • supportutils >= 3.0-95.21.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2019-1122
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • hostinfo >= 1.0.1-19.5.1
  • supportutils >= 3.0-95.21.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2019-1122
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  • hostinfo >= 1.0.1-19.5.1
  • supportutils >= 3.0-95.21.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-1122
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS
  • hostinfo >= 1.0.1-19.5.1
  • supportutils >= 3.0-95.21.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2019-1122
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • hostinfo >= 1.0.1-19.5.1
  • supportutils >= 3.0-95.21.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP2-2019-1122
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7
  • hostinfo >= 1.0.1-19.5.1
  • supportutils >= 3.0-95.21.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2019-1122

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.

Product(s) Source package State
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 supportutils Released
SLES for SAP Applications supportutils Affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 supportutils Ignore
SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0 supportutils Released
SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 supportutils Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 supportutils Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 supportutils Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 supportutils Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 hostinfo Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 supportutils Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 supportutils Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 supportutils Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service Image Server 12 supportutils Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS supportutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 supportutils Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS supportutils Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS supportutils Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 LTSS supportutils Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 BCL supportutils Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 ESPOS supportutils Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 LTSS supportutils Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 LTSS ERICSSON supportutils Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 LTSS SAP supportutils Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 supportutils Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 BCL supportutils Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 ESPOS supportutils Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 LTSS supportutils Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 supportutils Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 ESPOS supportutils Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 LTSS supportutils Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 hostinfo Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 supportutils Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 supportutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 supportutils Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 supportutils Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 supportutils Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 hostinfo Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 supportutils Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 supportutils Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 supportutils Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 supportutils Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 supportutils Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 supportutils Released