SUSE-SU-2019:13976-1

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    SUSE-SU-2019:13976-1

    Published: 12 Mar 2019Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for supportutils

    Details: This update for supportutils fixes the following issues: Security vulnerabilities fixed: - CVE-2018-19636: Local root exploit via inclusion of attacker controlled shell script (bsc#1117751) - CVE-2018-19640: Users can kill arbitrary processes (bsc#1118463) - CVE-2018-19638: User can overwrite arbitrary log files in support tar (bsc#1118460) - CVE-2018-19639: Code execution if run with -v (bsc#1118462)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2019/suse-su-201913976-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1117751, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1118460, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1118462, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1118463, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19636, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19638, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19639, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19640

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: supportutils

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/supportutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.20-122.9.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High