Link Following Affecting libshibsp-lite7 package, versions <2.6.1-3.3.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (49th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-LIBSHIBSPLITE7-2719517
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed23 Dec 2019

Introduced: 23 Dec 2019

CVE-2019-19191  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 libshibsp-lite7 to version 2.6.1-3.3.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libshibsp-lite7 package and not the libshibsp-lite7 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

Shibboleth Service Provider (SP) 3.x before 3.1.0 shipped a spec file that calls chown on files in a directory controlled by the service user (the shibd account) after installation. This allows the user to escalate to root by pointing symlinks to files such as /etc/shadow.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1