Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-3687 - Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in Suse Linux Enterprise Server

047910
CVSS 3.3 - LOW
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
LOW
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
local
low complexity
suse
CWE-276
nessus
NVD
Published: 2020-01-24
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

The permission package in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server allowed all local users to run dumpcap in the "easy" permission profile and sniff network traffic. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server permissions versions starting from 85c83fef7e017f8ab7f8602d3163786d57344439 to 081d081dcfaf61710bda34bc21c80c66276119aa.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Suse
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs
    In applications, particularly web applications, access to functionality is mitigated by the authorization framework, whose job it is to map ACLs to elements of the application's functionality; particularly URL's for web apps. In the case that the administrator failed to specify an ACL for a particular element, an attacker may be able to access it with impunity. An attacker with the ability to access functionality not properly constrained by ACLs can obtain sensitive information and possibly compromise the entire application. Such an attacker can access resources that must be available only to users at a higher privilege level, can access management sections of the application or can run queries for data that he is otherwise not supposed to.
  • Directory Indexing
    An adversary crafts a request to a target that results in the target listing/indexing the content of a directory as output. One common method of triggering directory contents as output is to construct a request containing a path that terminates in a directory name rather than a file name since many applications are configured to provide a list of the directory's contents when such a request is received. An adversary can use this to explore the directory tree on a target as well as learn the names of files. This can often end up revealing test files, backup files, temporary files, hidden files, configuration files, user accounts, script contents, as well as naming conventions, all of which can be used by an attacker to mount additional attacks.
  • Footprinting
    An attacker engages in probing and exploration activity to identify constituents and properties of the target. Footprinting is a general term to describe a variety of information gathering techniques, often used by attackers in preparation for some attack. It consists of using tools to learn as much as possible about the composition, configuration, and security mechanisms of the targeted application, system or network. Information that might be collected during a footprinting effort could include open ports, applications and their versions, network topology, and similar information. While footprinting is not intended to be damaging (although certain activities, such as network scans, can sometimes cause disruptions to vulnerable applications inadvertently) it may often pave the way for more damaging attacks.
  • Embedding Scripts within Scripts
    An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities that are brought on by allowing remote hosts to execute scripts. The attacker leverages this capability to execute scripts to execute his/her own script by embedding it within other scripts that the target software is likely to execute. The attacker must have the ability to inject script into script that is likely to be executed. If this is done, then the attacker can potentially launch a variety of probes and attacks against the web server's local environment, in many cases the so-called DMZ, back end resources the web server can communicate with, and other hosts. With the proliferation of intermediaries, such as Web App Firewalls, network devices, and even printers having JVMs and Web servers, there are many locales where an attacker can inject malicious scripts. Since this attack pattern defines scripts within scripts, there are likely privileges to execute said attack on the host. Of course, these attacks are not solely limited to the server side, client side scripts like Ajax and client side JavaScript can contain malicious scripts as well. In general all that is required is for there to be sufficient privileges to execute a script, but not protected against writing.
  • Web Logs Tampering
    Web Logs Tampering attacks involve an attacker injecting, deleting or otherwise tampering with the contents of web logs typically for the purposes of masking other malicious behavior. Additionally, writing malicious data to log files may target jobs, filters, reports, and other agents that process the logs in an asynchronous attack pattern. This pattern of attack is similar to "Log Injection-Tampering-Forging" except that in this case, the attack is targeting the logs of the web server and not the application.

Nessus

  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2020-302.NASL
    descriptionThis update for permissions fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : - CVE-2019-3687: Fixed a privilege escalation which could allow a local user to read network traffic if wireshark is installed (bsc#1148788) - CVE-2020-8013: Fixed an issue where chkstat set unintended setuid/capabilities for mrsh and wodim (bsc#1163922). Non-security issues fixed : - Fixed a regression where chkstat breaks without /proc available (bsc#1160764, bsc#1160594). - Fixed capability handling when doing multiple permission changes at once (bsc#1161779). This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP1:Update update project.
    last seen2020-03-18
    modified2020-03-06
    plugin id134283
    published2020-03-06
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/134283
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : permissions (openSUSE-2020-302)
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from openSUSE Security Update openSUSE-2020-302.
#
# The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(134283);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/10");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2019-3687", "CVE-2020-8013");

  script_name(english:"openSUSE Security Update : permissions (openSUSE-2020-302)");
  script_summary(english:"Check for the openSUSE-2020-302 patch");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"This update for permissions fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

  - CVE-2019-3687: Fixed a privilege escalation which could
    allow a local user to read network traffic if wireshark
    is installed (bsc#1148788)

  - CVE-2020-8013: Fixed an issue where chkstat set
    unintended setuid/capabilities for mrsh and wodim
    (bsc#1163922).

Non-security issues fixed :

  - Fixed a regression where chkstat breaks without /proc
    available (bsc#1160764, bsc#1160594).

  - Fixed capability handling when doing multiple permission
    changes at once (bsc#1161779).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP1:Update update
project."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1148788"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1160594"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1160764"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1161779"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1163922"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected permissions packages."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2020-8013");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:permissions");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:permissions-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:permissions-debugsource");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:permissions-zypp-plugin");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.1");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2020/01/24");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/03/04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/03/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
if (isnull(release) || release =~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "openSUSE");
if (release !~ "^(SUSE15\.1)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "15.1", release);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

ourarch = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (!ourarch) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (ourarch !~ "^(i586|i686|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i586 / i686 / x86_64", ourarch);

flag = 0;

if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.1", reference:"permissions-20181116-lp151.4.12.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.1", reference:"permissions-debuginfo-20181116-lp151.4.12.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.1", reference:"permissions-debugsource-20181116-lp151.4.12.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.1", reference:"permissions-zypp-plugin-20181116-lp151.4.12.1") ) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_note(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_note(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "permissions / permissions-debuginfo / permissions-debugsource / etc");
}
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SU-2020-0547-1.NASL
    descriptionThis update for permissions fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : CVE-2019-3687: Fixed a privilege escalation which could allow a local user to read network traffic if wireshark is installed (bsc#1148788) CVE-2020-8013: Fixed an issue where chkstat set unintended setuid/capabilities for mrsh and wodim (bsc#1163922). Non-security issues fixed: Fixed a regression where chkstat breaks without /proc available (bsc#1160764, bsc#1160594). Fixed capability handling when doing multiple permission changes at once (bsc#1161779). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-03-18
    modified2020-03-02
    plugin id134203
    published2020-03-02
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/134203
    titleSUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : permissions (SUSE-SU-2020:0547-1)
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from SUSE update advisory SUSE-SU-2020:0547-1.
# The text itself is copyright (C) SUSE.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(134203);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/06");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2019-3687", "CVE-2020-8013");

  script_name(english:"SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : permissions (SUSE-SU-2020:0547-1)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"This update for permissions fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

CVE-2019-3687: Fixed a privilege escalation which could allow a local
user to read network traffic if wireshark is installed (bsc#1148788)

CVE-2020-8013: Fixed an issue where chkstat set unintended
setuid/capabilities for mrsh and wodim (bsc#1163922).

Non-security issues fixed: Fixed a regression where chkstat breaks
without /proc available (bsc#1160764, bsc#1160594).

Fixed capability handling when doing multiple permission changes at
once (bsc#1161779).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1148788"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1160594"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1160764"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1161779"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1163922"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3687/"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8013/"
  );
  # https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2020/suse-su-20200547-1/
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?817e1e34"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP1:zypper in -t patch
SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2020-547=1"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2020-8013");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:permissions");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:permissions-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:permissions-debugsource");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2020/01/24");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/02/28");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/03/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^(SLE(S|D)\d+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "SUSE");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(SLED15|SLES15)$", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE SLED15 / SLES15", "SUSE " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "x86_64" >!< cpu && "s390x" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "SUSE " + os_ver, cpu);

sp = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/patchlevel");
if (isnull(sp)) sp = "0";
if (os_ver == "SLES15" && (! preg(pattern:"^(1)$", string:sp))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES15 SP1", os_ver + " SP" + sp);
if (os_ver == "SLED15" && (! preg(pattern:"^(1)$", string:sp))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLED15 SP1", os_ver + " SP" + sp);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES15", sp:"1", reference:"permissions-20181116-9.23.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES15", sp:"1", reference:"permissions-debuginfo-20181116-9.23.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES15", sp:"1", reference:"permissions-debugsource-20181116-9.23.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED15", sp:"1", reference:"permissions-20181116-9.23.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED15", sp:"1", reference:"permissions-debuginfo-20181116-9.23.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED15", sp:"1", reference:"permissions-debugsource-20181116-9.23.1")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_note(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_note(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "permissions");
}

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