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CVE-2019-3688

Published: 7 October 2019

The /usr/sbin/pinger binary packaged with squid in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 before and including version 4.8-5.8.1 and in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 before and including 3.5.21-26.17.1 had squid:root, 0750 permissions. This allowed an attacker that compromissed the squid user to gain persistence by changing the binary

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
this is a SUSE specific packaging issue.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.1

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
squid3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable

disco Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Not vulnerable

squid
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

disco Not vulnerable

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.1
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H