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CVE-2019-18901 Details

Description

A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the mysql-systemd-helper of the mariadb packaging of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 allows local attackers to change the permissions of arbitrary files to 0640. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 mariadb versions prior to 10.2.31-3.25.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 mariadb versions prior to 10.2.31-3.26.1.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.1 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00007.html	CVE	Broken LinkMailing ListVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1160895	CVE	Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00007.html	[email protected]	Broken LinkMailing ListVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1160895	[email protected]	Issue TrackingVendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-59	Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')	[email protected]
CWE-59	Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
opensuse leap	15.1
CPE cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
suse linux enterprise server	12 15
CPE cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:15:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 16, 2022	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Nov 20, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 4, 2020	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Mar 3, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 2, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]