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FKIE_CVE-2019-18899

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-01-23 15:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:25

Severity

6.2 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Summary

The apt-cacher-ng package of openSUSE Leap 15.1 runs operations in user owned directory /run/apt-cacher-ng with root privileges. This can allow local attackers to influence the outcome of these operations. This issue affects: openSUSE Leap 15.1 apt-cacher-ng versions prior to 3.1-lp151.3.3.1.

References

URL	Tags
meissner@suse.de	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00057.html	Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
meissner@suse.de	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00065.html	Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
meissner@suse.de	https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157703	Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00057.html	Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00065.html	Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157703	Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
apt-cacher-ng_project	apt-cacher-ng	*
opensuse	leap	15.1
opensuse	backports	sle-15

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CVE-2019-18899 (GCVE-0-2019-18899)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-01-23 15:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 01:25

Title

apt-cacher-ng insecure use of /run/apt-cacher-ng

Summary

Severity

6.2 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CWE

CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Assigner

suse mitre root Scorecard

References

3 references

URL	Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisory
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157703

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
openSUSE	Leap 15.1	Affected: apt-cacher-ng , < 3.1-lp151.3.3.1 (custom)

Date Public

2020-01-20 00:00

Credits

Matthias Gerstner of SUSE

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