Squid Analysis Report Generator up to 2.3.11 log.c privileges management

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Squid Analysis Report Generator up to 2.3.11. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file log.c. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2019-18932. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Squid Analysis Report Generator up to 2.3.11 (Reporting Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file log.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

log.c in Squid Analysis Report Generator (sarg) through 2.3.11 allows local privilege escalation. By default, it uses a fixed temporary directory /tmp/sarg. As the root user, sarg creates this directory or reuses an existing one in an insecure manner. An attacker can pre-create the directory, and place symlinks in it (after winning a /tmp/sarg/denied.int_unsort race condition). The outcome will be corrupted or newly created files in privileged file system locations.

The weakness was published 01/21/2020 (oss-sec). The advisory is shared at openwall.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-18932 since 11/13/2019. An attack has to be approached locally. The successful exploitation needs a single authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Type

• Reporting Software

Name

• Squid Analysis Report Generator

Version

• 2.3.0
• 2.3.1
• 2.3.2
• 2.3.3
• 2.3.4
• 2.3.5
• 2.3.6
• 2.3.7
• 2.3.8
• 2.3.9
• 2.3.10
• 2.3.11

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• open-source

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