CVE-2019-3698

nagios cron job allows privilege escalation from user nagios to root

HIGH
7
CVSS Score
Published: February 28, 2020 at 01:20 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:35 AM UTC
5 products affected across 3 vendorsLeapBackports SleNagios

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Severity
HIGH7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%

Description

UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the cronjob shipped with nagios of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11; openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to cause cause DoS or potentially escalate privileges by winning a race. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 nagios version 3.5.1-5.27 and prior versions. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 nagios version 3.0.6-1.25.36.3.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory nagios version 4.4.5-2.1 and prior versions.

Affected

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

v < 3.0.6v < 3.5.1
Affected range stops below 3.0.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.5.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
suse-linux-enterprise-server (environment)
nagios ≤ v ≤ 4.4.5-2.1nagios
nagios ≤ v ≤ 3.0.6-1.25.36.3.1nagios ≤ v ≤ 3.5.1-5.27nagios

Remediation

No guide yet

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

References (3)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00014.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00022.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1156309

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59

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