CVEvulnerability

CVE-2018-19640

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2019-03-05 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2019-03-05
Last modified: 2026-06-17
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected]): 4.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected]): 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses: CWE-20, CWE-377

Description

If the attacker manages to create files in the directory used to collect log files in supportutils before version 3.1-5.7.1 (e.g. with CVE-2018-19638) he can kill arbitrary processes on the local machine.

Affected configurations

• opensuse supportutils (< 3.1-5.7.1)

Weakness · not in database (1)

CWE-377

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References