High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 21, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-19191
CVE-2019-19191
Description
Shibboleth Service Provider (SP) 3.x before 3.1.0 shipped a spec file that calls chown on files in a directory controlled by the service user (the shibd account) after installation. This allows the user to escalate to root by pointing symlinks to files such as /etc/shadow.
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Affected products
26- Shibboleth/Service Providerdescription
- Range: <3.1.0
- Range: <3.1.0
- osv-coords23 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/sha1collisiondetection&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/shibboleth-sp&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/suse/shibboleth-sp&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208pkg:rpm/suse/shibboleth-sp&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%205pkg:rpm/suse/shibboleth-sp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Server%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/shibboleth-sp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Server%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/shibboleth-sp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/shibboleth-sp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/shibboleth-sp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/shibboleth-sp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/shibboleth-sp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/shibboleth-sp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/shibboleth-sp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/shibboleth-sp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/shibboleth-sp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/shibboleth-sp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/shibboleth-sp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/shibboleth-sp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/shibboleth-sp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/shibboleth-sp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/shibboleth-sp&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/shibboleth-sp&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208pkg:rpm/suse/shibboleth-sp&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208
< 3.2.3-1.2+ 22 more
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2.3-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.1-lp151.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.5.5-6.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.5.5-6.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.1-3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.1-3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.5.5-6.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.5.5-6.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.5.5-6.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.5.5-6.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.5.5-6.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.5.5-6.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.5.5-6.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.5.5-6.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.5.5-6.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.5.5-6.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.5.5-6.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.5.5-6.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.5.5-6.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.5.5-6.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.5.5-6.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.5.5-6.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.5.5-6.6.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- issues.shibboleth.net/jira/browse/SSPCPP-874nvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00017.htmlnvd
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