CVE-2018-19639 — If supportutils before version 3

If supportutils before version 3.1-5.7.1 is run with -v to perform rpm verification and the attacker manages to manipulate the rpm listing (e.g. with CVE-2018-19638) he can execute arbitrary commands as root.

01What is this vulnerability?

If supportutils before version 3.1-5.7.1 is run with -v to perform rpm verification and the attacker manages to manipulate the rpm listing (e.g. with CVE-2018-19638) he can execute arbitrary commands as root.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
SUSE	supportutils	unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-03-05T16:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-16T20:43:12.181Z

09References

• bugzilla.suse.com — https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1118462
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00018.html