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CVE-2019-3693 A symlink following vulnerability in the packaging of mailman in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, SUSE Linux…

Description

A symlink following vulnerability in the packaging of mailman in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12; openSUSE Leap 15.1 allowed local attackers to escalate their privileges from user wwwrun to root. Additionally arbitrary files could be changed to group mailman. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 mailman versions prior to 2.1.15-9.6.15.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 mailman versions prior to 2.1.17-3.11.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 mailman version 2.1.29-lp151.2.14 and prior versions.

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 2.1 earliest → < 2.1.15-9.6.15.1 2.1.15-9.6.15.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 2.1 earliest → < 2.1.17-3.11.1 2.1.17-3.11.1
Leap 15.1 2.1 earliest → 2.1.29-lp151.2.14 No fix stated
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