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CVE-2019-3690

chkstat follows untrusted symbolic links

6.8 MediumFix available

The chkstat tool in the permissions package followed symlinks before commit a9e1d26cd49ef9ee0c2060c859321128a6dd4230 (please also check the additional hardenings after this fix). This allowed local attackers with control over a path that is traversed by chkstat to escalate privileges.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.42%Up 0.1 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.8

chkstat follows untrusted symbolic links

The chkstat tool in the permissions package followed symlinks before commit a9e1d26cd49ef9ee0c2060c859321128a6dd4230 (please also check the additional hardenings after this fix). This allowed local attackers with control over a path that is traversed by chkstat to escalate privileges.

Record
CVE-2019-3690
CVSS 3.1
6.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Weakness
CWE-59
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-13325 6.8

The chkstat tool in the permissions package followed symlinks before commit a9e1d26cd49ef9ee0c2060c859321128a6dd4230 (please also check the additional hardenings after this fix). This allowed local attackers with control over a path that is traversed by chkstat to escalate privileges.

Record
EUVD-2019-13325
CVSS 3.1
6.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jxhx-2gqw-c77x No score

The chkstat tool in the permissions package followed symlinks before commit...

The chkstat tool in the permissions package followed symlinks before commit a9e1d26cd49ef9ee0c2060c859321128a6dd4230 (please also check the additional hardenings after this fix). This allowed local attackers with control over a path that is traversed by chkstat to escalate privileges.

Record
GHSA-jxhx-2gqw-c77x
Weakness
CWE-59
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 6.8

The chkstat tool in the permissions package followed symlinks before commit a9e1d26cd49ef9ee0c2060c859321128a6dd4230 (please also check the additional hardenings after this fix). This allowed local attackers with control over a path that is traversed by chkstat to escalate privileges.

Record
CVE-2019-3690
CVSS 3.1
6.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
7.2 HighAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-59
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2019:2672-1 No score

Security update for permissions

This update for permissions fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2019-3688: Changed wrong ownership in /usr/sbin/pinger to root:squid which could have allowed a squid user to gain persistence by changing the binary (bsc#1093414).
  • CVE-2019-3690: Fixed a privilege escalation through untrusted symbolic links (bsc#1150734).
  • Fixed a regression which caused sagmentation fault (bsc#1157198).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP1:Update update project.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2019:2672-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11165-1 No score

chkstat-1550_20210901-29.2 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the chkstat-1550_20210901-29.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11165-1
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVSUSE-SU-2019:14237-1 No score

Security update for permissions

This update for permissions fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2019-3690: Fixed a privilege escalation through untrusted symlinks (bsc#1150734).
Record
SUSE-SU-2019:14237-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2019:3180-1 No score

Security update for permissions

This update for permissions fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2019-3688: Changed wrong ownership in /usr/sbin/pinger to root:squid which could have allowed a squid user to gain persistence by changing the binary (bsc#1093414).
  • CVE-2019-3690: Fixed a privilege escalation through untrusted symbolic links (bsc#1150734).
  • Fixed a regression which caused segmentation fault (bsc#1157198).
Record
SUSE-SU-2019:3180-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2019:3182-1 No score

Security update for permissions

This update for permissions fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2019-3688: Changed wrong ownership in /usr/sbin/pinger to root:squid which could have allowed a squid user to gain persistence by changing the binary (bsc#1093414).
  • CVE-2019-3690: Fixed a privilege escalation through untrusted symbolic links (bsc#1150734).
  • Fixed a regression which caused sagmentation fault (bsc#1157198).
Record
SUSE-SU-2019:3182-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2019:3183-1 No score

Security update for permissions

This update for permissions fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2019-3688: Changed wrong ownership in /usr/sbin/pinger to root:squid which could have allowed a squid user to gain persistence by changing the binary (bsc#1093414).
  • CVE-2019-3690: Fixed a privilege escalation through untrusted symbolic links (bsc#1150734).

Other issue addressed:

  • Corrected a badly constracted file which could have allowed treating of the shell environment as permissions files (bsc#1097665,bsc#1047247).
  • Fixed a regression which caused sagmentation fault (bsc#1157198).
Record
SUSE-SU-2019:3183-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2020:1163-1 No score

Security update for permissions

This update for permissions fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2020-8013: Fixed a local privilege escalation with mrsh and wodim (bsc#1163922).

Non-security issues fixed:

  • Fixed regression where chkstat breaks without /proc available (bsc#1160764, bsc#1160594)
  • Fixed capability handling when doing multiple permission changes at once (bsc#1161779)
  • Fixed handling of relative directory symlinks in chkstat
Record
SUSE-SU-2020:1163-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2021:2280-1 No score

Security update for permissions

This update for permissions fixes the following issues:

  • Fork package for 12-SP5 (bsc#1155939)
  • make btmp root:utmp (bsc#1050467, bsc#1182899)
  • pcp: remove no longer needed / conflicting entries (bsc#1171883). Fixes a potential security issue.
  • do not follow symlinks that are the final path element (CVE-2020-8013, bsc#1163922)
  • fix handling of relative directory symlinks in chkstat
  • whitelist postgres sticky directories (bsc#1123886)
  • fix regression where chkstat breaks without /proc available (bsc#1160764, bsc#1160594)
  • fix capability handling when doing multiple permission changes at once (bsc#1161779,
  • fix invalid free() when permfiles points to argv (bsc#1157198)
  • the eror should be reported for permfiles[i], not argv[i], as these are not the same files. (bsc#1047247, bsc#1097665)
  • fix /usr/sbin/pinger ownership to root:squid (bsc#1093414, CVE-2019-3688)
  • fix privilege escalation through untrusted symlinks (bsc#1150734, CVE-2019-3690)
Record
SUSE-SU-2021:2280-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
permissions
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3
before 2013.1.7-0.6.5.1
2013.1.7-0.6.5.1
permissions
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS
before 2013.1.7-0.6.5.1
2013.1.7-0.6.5.1
permissions
SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2015.09.28.1626-17.20.1
2015.09.28.1626-17.20.1
permissions
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 7
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2015.09.28.1626-17.20.1
2015.09.28.1626-17.20.1
permissions
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 8
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2015.09.28.1626-17.20.1
2015.09.28.1626-17.20.1
permissions
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2015.09.28.1626-17.20.1
2015.09.28.1626-17.20.1
permissions
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2015.09.28.1626-17.20.1
2015.09.28.1626-17.20.1
permissions
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2015.09.28.1626-17.20.1
2015.09.28.1626-17.20.1
permissions
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2015.09.28.1626-17.20.1
2015.09.28.1626-17.20.1
permissions
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2015.09.28.1626-17.20.1
2015.09.28.1626-17.20.1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
permissions
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2015.09.28.1626-17.20.1
2015.09.28.1626-17.20.1
permissions
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2015.09.28.1626-17.20.1
2015.09.28.1626-17.20.1
permissions
SUSE:Enterprise Storage 5
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2015.09.28.1626-17.20.1
2015.09.28.1626-17.20.1
permissions
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 20180125-3.18.1
20180125-3.18.1
permissions
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 20170707-3.14.1
20170707-3.14.1
permissions
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 20170707-3.14.1
20170707-3.14.1
permissions
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 20170707-3.14.1
20170707-3.14.1
permissions
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 20170707-3.14.1
20170707-3.14.1
permissions
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 20170707-3.14.1
20170707-3.14.1
permissions
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 20180125-3.21.1
20180125-3.21.1
permissions
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 20180125-3.21.1
20180125-3.21.1
permissions
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 20180125-3.21.1
20180125-3.21.1
permissions
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 20180125-3.21.1
20180125-3.21.1
permissions
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 20170707-6.4.1
20170707-6.4.1
permissions
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 20170707-6.4.1
20170707-6.4.1
permissions
openSUSE:Leap 15.1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 20181116-lp151.4.9.1
20181116-lp151.4.9.1
permissions
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 1550_20210901.1550-29.2
1550_20210901.1550-29.2

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2019-3690 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Suse Permissions, published December 5, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.42%, the 36th percentile. Fixed in permissions 2013.1.7-0.6.5.1.

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