Medium severity5.1NVD Advisory· Published Sep 19, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-3689
CVE-2019-3689
Description
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.
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Affected products
30<=12 1.3.0-34.18.1, <=15 2.1.1-6.10.2+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: <=12 1.3.0-34.18.1, <=15 2.1.1-6.10.2
- (no CPE)range: before and including version 1.3.0-34.18.1
- (no CPE)range: before and including version 2.1.1-6.10.2
- osv-coords25 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/nfs-utils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/nfs-utils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/nfsidmap&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/rpmlint&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/nfs-utils&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208pkg:rpm/suse/nfs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%204pkg:rpm/suse/nfs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%205pkg:rpm/suse/nfs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/nfs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015pkg:rpm/suse/nfs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/nfs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/nfs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/nfs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/nfs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/nfs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/nfs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/nfs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/nfs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/nfs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/nfs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/nfs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/nfs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/nfs-utils&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/nfs-utils&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208pkg:rpm/suse/nfs-utils&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208
< 2.1.1-lp150.4.10.1+ 24 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.1-lp150.4.10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.1-lp151.7.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0-26.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1+git20210924.ad0cf53-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.0-34.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.0-34.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.0-34.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.0-34.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.1-6.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.1-10.4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.0-41.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.0-34.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.0-34.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.0-34.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.0-34.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.0-34.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.0-34.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.0-41.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.0-34.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.0-34.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.0-34.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.0-34.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.0-34.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.0-34.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.0-34.22.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00071.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00006.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00026.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/4400-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- git.linux-nfs.orgnvd
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