SuSE Manager/Uyuni Swap File privilege escalation [CVE-2019-3684]

A vulnerability was found in SuSE Manager and Uyuni (affected version unknown). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is a code block of the component Swap File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 05/13/2019. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-3684 since 01/03/2019. Attacking locally is a requirement. A single authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/14/2019).

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

Vendor

• SuSE

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• Manager
• Uyuni

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Class: Privilege escalation (CWE-269)
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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0-Day Time: ?01/03/2019 CVE assigned
05/13/2019 +130 days Advisory disclosed
05/14/2019 +1 days VulDB entry created
05/14/2019 +0 days VulDB last updateCVE: CVE-2019-3684 (?)Created: 05/14/2019 07:27 AM
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