UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the cronjob shipped with nagios of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11; openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to cause cause DoS or potentially escalate privileges by winning a race. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 nagios version 3.5.1-5.27 and prior versions. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 nagios version 3.0.6-1.25.36.3.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory nagios version 4.4.5-2.1 and prior versions.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3698
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1156309
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00014.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00022.html