What is CVE-2019-3698?

CVE-2019-3698 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nagios, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 5.7/10. Published 2020-02-28.

How severe is CVE-2019-3698?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Nagios

CVE-2019-3698

UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the cronjob shipped with nagios of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11; openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to cause cause DoS or potentially escalate…

EPSS: 0.007 (48.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Nagios
Opensuse Backports_sle — versions 15.0
Opensuse Factory — versions nagios
Opensuse Leap — versions 15.1
Suse Linux_enterprise_server — versions 12, 11
Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 — versions nagios
Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 — versions nagios

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

meissner@suse.de (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
meissner@suse.de (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
meissner@suse.de (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-3698?: CVE-2019-3698 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nagios, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 5.7/10. Published 2020-02-28.
How severe is CVE-2019-3698?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.7 out of 10.