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CVE-2019-3692: Local privilege escalation from user news to root in the packaging of inn

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-01-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

The packaging of inn on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11; openSUSE Factory, Leap 15.1 allows local attackers to escalate from user inn to root via symlink attacks. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 inn version 2.4.2-170.21.3.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory inn version 2.6.2-2.2 and prior versions. openSUSE Leap 15.1 inn version 2.5.4-lp151.2.47 and prior versions.

Affected products

• openSUSE Backports Sle: 15.0-sp1
• openSUSE Leap: 15.1
• SUSE Inn: through 2.4.2-170.21.3.1; through 2.6.2-2.2; through 2.5.4-lp151.2.47

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00027.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00028.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1154302
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00027.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00028.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1154302

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