Vulnerability CVE-2019-3698

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2019-3698 (CCN-177072)

Assigned:

2019-11-08

Published:

2019-11-08

Updated:

2021-09-14

Summary:

UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the cronjob shipped with nagios of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11; openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to cause cause DoS or potentially escalate privileges by winning a race. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 nagios version 3.5.1-5.27 and prior versions. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 nagios version 3.0.6-1.25.36.3.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory nagios version 4.4.5-2.1 and prior versions.

CVSS v3 Severity:

7.0 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
6.2 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): High Privileges Required (PR): Low User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

5.9 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
5.2 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Low Integrity (I): Low Availibility (A): Low

CVSS v2 Severity:

6.9 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Medium Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Complete Integrity (I): Complete Availibility (A): Complete

4.6 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-59

Vulnerability Consequences:

File Manipulation

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2019-3698

Source: SUSE
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2020:0500

Source: SUSE
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2020:0517

Source: CCN
Type: Bugzilla Bug 1156309
(CVE-2019-3698) VUL-0: CVE-2019-3698: nagios: /etc/cron.weekly/nagios allows privilege escalation from nagios to root

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1156309

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
nagios-cve20193698-symlink(177072)

Source: CCN
Type: Nagios Web site
Nagios Open Source

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:nagios:nagios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 3.5.1)

AND

cpe:/o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2:

cpe:/a:nagios:nagios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 3.0.6)

AND

cpe:/o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3:

cpe:/a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/a:nagios:nagios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

AND

cpe:/o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20193698	V	CVE-2019-3698	2022-06-30
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:113010	P	nagios-4.4.6-2.5 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-01-17
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:106456	P	Security update for ruby2.5 (Important)	2021-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:93586	P	(Important)	2021-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:64618	P	Security update for postgresql13 (Important)	2021-11-22
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:74672	P	Security update for ncurses (Moderate)	2021-10-20
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:64560	P	Security update for krb5 (Important)	2021-08-20
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:63509	P	postgresql-test-13-8.30 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-10
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:63013	P	groovy-lib-2.4.21-3.3.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:62807	P	libplist++-devel-2.0.0-1.31 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:62810	P	libraptor-devel-2.0.15-9.3.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:62835	P	vorbis-tools-1.4.0-1.53 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:62803	P	libnma0-1.8.24-5.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:64730	P	Security update for sqlite3 (Important)	2021-07-14
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:100299	P	(Important)	2021-06-17
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:64458	P	Security update for xen (Important)	2021-04-06
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:63306	P	subversion-server-1.10.6-3.6.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:64351	P	libmspack-devel on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:63885	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:64214	P	autofs on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:74805	P	Security update for nagios (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:64350	P	libmpfr6 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:63656	P	Security update for MozillaFirefox, mozilla-nspr and mozilla-nss (Important)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:110467	P	Security update for nagios (Moderate)	2020-04-11
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201936980000000	V	CVE-2019-3698 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2020-02-28
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201936980000000	V	CVE-2019-3698 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2020-02-28

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