CVE-2019-3689
highpriority · track · 40OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.015 · 74 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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 creating/overwriting files anywhere on the system.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 5.1–10
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affected products (43)
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references (29)
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00071.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00006.htmlcnnvd
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1150733cnnvd
- https://git.linux-nfs.org/?p=steved/nfs-utils.git;a=commitdiff;h=fee2cc29e888f2ced6a76990923aef19d326dc0ecnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00026.htmlcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3689cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158169/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-4400-1.htmlcnnvd
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4400-1/cnnvd
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