CVE-2019-18897
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.004 · 33 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of salt of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15; openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to escalate privileges from user salt to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 salt-master version 2019.2.0-46.83.1 and prior versions. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 salt-master version 2019.2.0-6.21.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory salt-master version 2019.2.2-3.1 and prior versions.
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affected products (6)
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references (13)
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00026.htmlcnnvd
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157465cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18897cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/SUSE-LE-12-privilege-escalation-via-salt-31719cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.0923/cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.1051/cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.2494/cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.2508/cnnvd
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