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CVE-2019-3692

Local privilege escalation from user news to root in the packaging of inn

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: January 24, 2020 at 08:50 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:35 AM UTC
5 products affected across 2 vendorsBackports SleInnLeap

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

Description

The packaging of inn on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11; openSUSE Factory, Leap 15.1 allows local attackers to escalate from user inn to root via symlink attacks. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 inn version 2.4.2-170.21.3.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory inn version 2.6.2-2.2 and prior versions. openSUSE Leap 15.1 inn version 2.5.4-lp151.2.47 and prior versions.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Backports Sle· openSUSE
95%
15.0 sp1
Inn· SUSE
95%
v ≤ 2.4.2-170.21.3.1v ≤ 2.5.4-lp151.2.47v ≤ 2.6.2-2.2
opensuse-factory (environment) · opensuse-leap (environment) · suse-linux-enterprise-server (environment)
Factory· openSUSE
60%
inn ≤ v ≤ 2.6.2-2.2inn
Leap· openSUSEdrupal
60%
inn ≤ v ≤ 2.5.4-lp151.2.47inn
Linux Enterprise Server· SUSE
60%
inn ≤ v ≤ 2.4.2-170.21.3.1inn

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (3)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken LinkMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00027.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken LinkMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00028.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1154302

CVSS

7.8HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59

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