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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-3688

This allowed an attacker that compromissed the squid user to gain persistence by changing the binary

HIGH 7.1EPSS 0.34%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.34%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

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

CVSS 3.1
7.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.34% probability · 27th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-276
Affected
suse/suse linux enterprise server
Source
meissner@suse.de

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.