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CVE-2019-3689 Details

Description

The nfs-utils package in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 before and including version 1.3.0-34.18.1 and in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 before and including version 2.1.1-6.10.2 the directory /var/lib/nfs is owned by statd:nogroup. This directory contains files owned and managed by root. If statd is compromised, it can therefore trick processes running with root privileges into creating/overwriting files anywhere on the system.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00071.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00006.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1150733	CVE	Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
https://git.linux-nfs.org/?p=steved/nfs-utils.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=fee2cc29e888f2ced6a76990923aef19d326dc0e	CVE
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00026.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4400-1/	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00071.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00006.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1150733	[email protected]	Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
https://git.linux-nfs.org/?p=steved/nfs-utils.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=fee2cc29e888f2ced6a76990923aef19d326dc0e	[email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00026.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4400-1/	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

see all 12 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-276	Incorrect Default Permissions	[email protected]
CWE-276	Incorrect Default Permissions	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
linux-nfs nfs-utils	<= 1.3.0-34.18.1 <= 2.1.1-6.10.2
CPE cpe:2.3:a:linux-nfs:nfs-utils:::::::: 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

13 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 7, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 25, 2020	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Jul 2, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 11, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 5, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 29, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 19, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 15, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 9, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 20, 2019	Initial Analysis	[email protected]