openSUSE Leap up to 15.1 /run/apt-cacher-ng unnecessary privileges

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in openSUSE Leap up to 15.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /run/apt-cacher-ng. Such manipulation leads to unnecessary privileges. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-18899. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in openSUSE Leap up to 15.1. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the file /run/apt-cacher-ng. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unnecessary privileges vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-250. The product performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The apt-cacher-ng package of openSUSE Leap 15.1 runs operations in user owned directory /run/apt-cacher-ng with root privileges. This can allow local attackers to influence the outcome of these operations. This issue affects: openSUSE Leap 15.1 apt-cacher-ng versions prior to 3.1-lp151.3.3.1.

The weakness was disclosed 01/23/2020 as Bug 1157703 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.suse.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-18899 since 11/12/2019. Local access is required to approach this attack. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Unnecessary privileges
CWE: CWE-250
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Timelineinfo

11/12/2019 🔍
01/23/2020 +72 days 🔍
01/24/2020 +1 days 🔍
03/25/2024 +1522 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Bug 1157703
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2019-18899 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-18899
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-149282

Entryinfo

Created: 01/24/2020 08:42
Updated: 03/25/2024 15:03
Changes: 01/24/2020 08:42 (40), 01/24/2020 08:47 (11), 03/25/2024 15:03 (34)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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