UBUNTU-CVE-2019-3689

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2019-3689

    Published: 19 Sept 2019Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2019-3689
    Aliases:
    USN-4400-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-3689, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4400-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-3689

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: nfs-utils

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/nfs-utils@1:1.2.8-6ubuntu1.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1:1.2.8-2ubuntu2
    1:1.2.8-4ubuntu1
    1:1.2.8-5ubuntu1
    1:1.2.8-6ubuntu1
    1:1.2.8-6ubuntu1.1
    1:1.2.8-6ubuntu1.2

    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
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