CVE-2019-3698 is a UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability affecting the cronjob in Nagios on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 and 12, and openSUSE Factory. This flaw allows a local attacker to potentially cause a Denial of Service or escalate privileges by winning a race condition. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.0 (HIGH), the attack requires local access and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though with high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 3.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
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