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Status published
Medium
CVE-2019-3688
squid: /usr/sbin/pinger packaged with wrong permission
Vulnerability Description
The /usr/sbin/pinger binary packaged with squid in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 before and including version 4.8-5.8.1 and in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 before and including 3.5.21-26.17.1 had squid:root, 0750 permissions. This allowed an attacker that compromissed the squid user to gain persistence by changing the binary
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Affected Vendor
SUSE
View all reports →Affected Software
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
Vulnerable Versions:
squid
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 7th, 2019
Last Modified:
September 16th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L