CVE-2019-3688

NameCVE-2019-3688
DescriptionThe /usr/sbin/pinger binary packaged with squid in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 before and including version 4.8-5.8.1 and in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 before and including 3.5.21-26.17.1 had squid:root, 0750 permissions. This allowed an attacker that compromissed the squid user to gain persistence by changing the binary
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
squid (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye4.13-10+deb11u3fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)5.7-2+deb12u2fixed
sid, trixie6.12-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
squidsource(unstable)(not affected)
squid3source(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- squid <not-affected> (/usr/lib/squid/pinger permissions are root:root)
- squid3 <not-affected> (/usr/lib/squid/pinger permissions are root:root)

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