CVE-2019-3689

low-risk
Published 2019-09-19

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.34% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.1/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Linux-Nfs

References (12)

Vendor Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00071.html
Vendor Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00006.html
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1150733
https://git.linux-nfs.org/?p=steved/nfs-utils.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=fee2cc29e88...
Third Party Advisory https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00026.html
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/4400-1/
Vendor Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00071.html
Vendor Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00006.html
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1150733
https://git.linux-nfs.org/?p=steved/nfs-utils.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=fee2cc29e88...
Third Party Advisory https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00026.html
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/4400-1/
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low-risk
Severity 17/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal