CVE-2019-11675 Race condition in n/a
Local attackers can exploit a race condition in logrotate interaction to gain root access via symlink insertion in the Debian Groonga HTTP server package.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2019-11675?
CVE-2019-11675 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 May 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The groonga-httpd package 6.1.5-1 for Debian sets the /var/log/groonga ownership to the groonga account, which might let local users obtain root access because of unsafe interaction with logrotate. For example, an attacker can exploit a race condition to insert a symlink from /var/log/groonga/httpd to /etc/bash_completion.d. NOTE: this is an issue in the Debian packaging of the Groonga HTTP server.
Weakness: CWE-362
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-11675?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Groonga Groonga-Httpd.
How do I fix CVE-2019-11675?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2019-11675 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-11675 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-11675, GHSA-2p2g-mpv8-7wjq, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11675.