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CVE-2019-3689 — The nfs-utils package in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 before and including ve

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 manag

CVSS
5.1 MEDIUM
EPSS
0.34% (top 43.90%)
CWE
CWE-276
Published
2019-09-19T13:27:58.449Z
Last modified
2024-09-17T04:14:20.947Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

01What is this vulnerability?

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…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
SUSESUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12before and including version 1.3.0-34.18.1
SUSESUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15before and including version 2.1.1-6.10.2

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

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

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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