Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-3693

047910
CVSS 7.8 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
local
low complexity
suse
opensuse
nessus

Summary

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.

Nessus

  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2020-148.NASL
    descriptionThis update for mailman fixes the following issues : - CVE-2019-3693: Fixed a privilege escalation during package install. Could be exploited by a local users who is members of the the mailman group. (boo#1154328)
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id133347
    published2020-01-30
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/133347
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : mailman (openSUSE-2020-148)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from openSUSE Security Update openSUSE-2020-148.
    #
    # The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(133347);
      script_version("1.3");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/02/04");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2019-3693");
    
      script_name(english:"openSUSE Security Update : mailman (openSUSE-2020-148)");
      script_summary(english:"Check for the openSUSE-2020-148 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 mailman fixes the following issues :
    
      - CVE-2019-3693: Fixed a privilege escalation during
        package install. Could be exploited by a local users who
        is members of the the mailman group. (boo#1154328)"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1154328"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected mailman packages."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
      script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-3693");
      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:mailman");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mailman-debuginfo");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mailman-debugsource");
      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:"2020/01/29");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/01/30");
      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 !~ "^(x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "x86_64", ourarch);
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.1", reference:"mailman-2.1.29-lp151.3.3.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.1", reference:"mailman-debuginfo-2.1.29-lp151.3.3.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.1", reference:"mailman-debugsource-2.1.29-lp151.3.3.1") ) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
      else security_hole(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "mailman / mailman-debuginfo / mailman-debugsource");
    }
    
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SU-2019-3076-1.NASL
    descriptionThis update for mailman fixes the following issues : CVE-2019-3693: Fixed a local privilege escalation from wwwrun to root (bsc#1154328). 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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id131387
    published2019-11-27
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/131387
    titleSUSE SLES12 Security Update : mailman (SUSE-SU-2019:3076-1)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from SUSE update advisory SUSE-SU-2019:3076-1.
    # The text itself is copyright (C) SUSE.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(131387);
      script_version("1.4");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/02/04");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2019-3693");
    
      script_name(english:"SUSE SLES12 Security Update : mailman (SUSE-SU-2019:3076-1)");
      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 mailman fixes the following issues :
    
    CVE-2019-3693: Fixed a local privilege escalation from wwwrun to root
    (bsc#1154328).
    
    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=1154328"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3693/"
      );
      # https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2019/suse-su-20193076-1/
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?f434f3c0"
      );
      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 OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8:zypper in -t patch
    SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-8-2019-3076=1
    
    SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8:zypper in -t patch
    SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-8-2019-3076=1
    
    SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7:zypper in -t patch
    SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2019-3076=1
    
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch
    SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP3-2019-3076=1
    
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch
    SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP2-2019-3076=1
    
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch
    SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2019-3076=1
    
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5:zypper in -t patch
    SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2019-3076=1
    
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch
    SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-3076=1
    
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS:zypper in -t patch
    SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2019-3076=1
    
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL:zypper in -t patch
    SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-BCL-2019-3076=1
    
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS:zypper in -t patch
    SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2019-3076=1
    
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL:zypper in -t patch
    SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-BCL-2019-3076=1
    
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS:zypper in -t patch
    SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2019-3076=1
    
    SUSE Enterprise Storage 5:zypper in -t patch
    SUSE-Storage-5-2019-3076=1
    
    HPE Helion Openstack 8:zypper in -t patch
    HPE-Helion-OpenStack-8-2019-3076=1"
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
      script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-3693");
      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:mailman");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mailman-debuginfo");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mailman-debugsource");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2020/01/24");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/11/26");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/11/27");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 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:"^(SLES12)$", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE SLES12", "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 == "SLES12" && (! preg(pattern:"^(1|2|3|4|5)$", string:sp))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES12 SP1/2/3/4/5", os_ver + " SP" + sp);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"1", reference:"mailman-2.1.17-3.11.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"1", reference:"mailman-debuginfo-2.1.17-3.11.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"1", reference:"mailman-debugsource-2.1.17-3.11.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"4", reference:"mailman-2.1.17-3.11.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"4", reference:"mailman-debuginfo-2.1.17-3.11.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"4", reference:"mailman-debugsource-2.1.17-3.11.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"mailman-2.1.17-3.11.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"mailman-debuginfo-2.1.17-3.11.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"mailman-debugsource-2.1.17-3.11.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"3", reference:"mailman-2.1.17-3.11.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"3", reference:"mailman-debuginfo-2.1.17-3.11.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"3", reference:"mailman-debugsource-2.1.17-3.11.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"mailman-2.1.17-3.11.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"mailman-debuginfo-2.1.17-3.11.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"mailman-debugsource-2.1.17-3.11.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", reference:"mailman-2.1.17-3.11.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", reference:"mailman-debuginfo-2.1.17-3.11.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"2", reference:"mailman-debugsource-2.1.17-3.11.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"5", reference:"mailman-2.1.17-3.11.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"5", reference:"mailman-debuginfo-2.1.17-3.11.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"5", reference:"mailman-debugsource-2.1.17-3.11.1")) flag++;
    
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
      else security_hole(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "mailman");
    }