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CVE-2019-19191 Details

Description

Shibboleth Service Provider (SP) 3.x before 3.1.0 shipped a spec file that calls chown on files in a directory controlled by the service user (the shibd account) after installation. This allows the user to escalate to root by pointing symlinks to files such as /etc/shadow.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00017.html CVE
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157471 CVEExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://issues.shibboleth.net/jira/browse/SSPCPP-874 CVEIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00017.html [email protected]
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157471 [email protected]ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
shibboleth service provider
>= 3.0.0, < 3.1.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:shibboleth:service_provider:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2019-19191
NVD Published Date:
Nov 21, 2019
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2019-19191 Details - Not Deferred