CVE-2019-3693
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.004 · 30 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A symlink following vulnerability in the packaging of mailman in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12; openSUSE Leap 15.1 allowed local attackers to escalate their privileges from user wwwrun to root. Additionally arbitrary files could be changed to group mailman. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 mailman versions prior to 2.1.15-9.6.15.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 mailman versions prior to 2.1.17-3.11.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 mailman version 2.1.29-lp151.2.14 and prior versions.
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affected products (7)
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references (16)
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00059.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00000.htmlcnnvd
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1154328cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3693cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Mailman-privilege-escalation-30976cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2019.4460/cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2019.4474/cnnvd
- https://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/Patchcnnvd
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