CVE-2019-3689

Publication date 19 September 2019

Last updated 18 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.1 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

The nfs-utils package in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 before and including version 1.3.0-34.18.1 and in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 before and including version 2.1.1-6.10.2 the directory /var/lib/nfs is owned by statd:nogroup. This directory contains files owned and managed by root. If statd is compromised, it can therefore trick processes running with root privileges into creating/overwriting files anywhere on the system.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
nfs-utils 25.10 questing
Fixed 1:1.3.4-2.5ubuntu5
25.04 plucky
Fixed 1:1.3.4-2.5ubuntu5
24.10 oracular
Fixed 1:1.3.4-2.5ubuntu5
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 1:1.3.4-2.5ubuntu5
23.10 mantic
Fixed 1:1.3.4-2.5ubuntu5
23.04 lunar
Fixed 1:1.3.4-2.5ubuntu5
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 1:1.3.4-2.5ubuntu5
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1:1.3.4-2.5ubuntu5
21.10 impish
Fixed 1:1.3.4-2.5ubuntu5
21.04 hirsute
Fixed 1:1.3.4-2.5ubuntu5
20.10 groovy
Fixed 1:1.3.4-2.5ubuntu5
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1:1.3.4-2.5ubuntu3.3
19.10 eoan
Fixed 1:1.3.4-2.5ubuntu2.1
19.04 disco Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1:1.3.4-2.1ubuntu5.3
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1:1.2.8-9ubuntu12.3
14.04 LTS trusty
Vulnerable

Patch details

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Package Patch details
nfs-utils

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.1 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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