CVE-2019-3696 — A Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory vulnerability in t

A Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory vulnerability in the packaging of pcp of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15, SUSE

01What is this vulnerability?

A Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory vulnerability in the packaging of pcp of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
SUSE	SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15	ESPOS — pcp
SUSE	SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15	LTSS — pcp
SUSE	SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15	pcp
SUSE	SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15	SP1 — pcp
SUSE	SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15	pcp
SUSE	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15	LTSS — pcp
SUSE	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15	pcp
SUSE	SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12	SP4 — pcp
SUSE	SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12	SP5 — pcp
openSUSE	openSUSE Leap 15.1	pcp

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

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

• Published: 2020-03-03T11:05:18.714Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-16T22:20:22.200Z

09References

• bugzilla.suse.com — https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1153921