CVE-2019-3688

squid: /usr/sbin/pinger packaged with wrong permission

Published Oct 7, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 5.1 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-13323 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
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
suse
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 11:01 PM
Reserved
Jan 3, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 7, 2019, 2:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:35 AM