CVE-2019-18932

Description

log.c in Squid Analysis Report Generator (sarg) through 2.3.11 allows local privilege escalation. By default, it uses a fixed temporary directory /tmp/sarg. As the root user, sarg creates this directory or reuses an existing one in an insecure manner. An attacker can pre-create the directory, and place symlinks in it (after winning a /tmp/sarg/denied.int_unsort race condition). The outcome will be corrupted or newly created files in privileged file system locations.

Category

7.0
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.07%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1150554 third party advisory issue tracking
https://sourceforge.net/projects/sarg/ third party advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/20/6 third party advisory mailing list
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q1/23 third party advisory mailing list
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/27/1 third party advisory mailing list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00051.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00063.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-32 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-18932?
CVE-2019-18932 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-18932?
To fix CVE-2019-18932, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-18932 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2019-18932 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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