High severity7.7NVD Advisory· Published Jan 24, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-3693
CVE-2019-3693
Description
A symlink following vulnerability in the packaging of mailman in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12; openSUSE Leap 15.1 allowed local attackers to escalate their privileges from user wwwrun to root. Additionally arbitrary files could be changed to group mailman. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 mailman versions prior to 2.1.15-9.6.15.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 mailman versions prior to 2.1.17-3.11.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 mailman version 2.1.29-lp151.2.14 and prior versions.
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Affected products
28- cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords21 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/mailman&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/suse/mailman&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208pkg:rpm/suse/mailman&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%205pkg:rpm/suse/mailman&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/mailman&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/mailman&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/mailman&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/mailman&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/mailman&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/mailman&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/mailman&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/mailman&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/mailman&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/mailman&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/mailman&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/mailman&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/mailman&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/mailman&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/mailman&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208pkg:rpm/suse/mailman&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208pkg:rpm/suse/mailman&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP1
< 2.1.29-lp151.3.3.1+ 20 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.29-lp151.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.17-3.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.17-3.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.15-9.6.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.15-9.6.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.17-3.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.17-3.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.17-3.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.17-3.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.17-3.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.17-3.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.17-3.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.17-3.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.17-3.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.17-3.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.17-3.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.17-3.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.17-3.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.17-3.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.17-3.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.29-bp151.5.3.1
mailman+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: mailman
- (no CPE)range: mailman
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00059.htmlnvdMailing ListVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00000.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
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