DEBIAN-CVE-2019-19191

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-19191
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-19191.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-19191
Upstream
Published
2019-11-21T18:15:12Z
Modified
2025-09-25T22:40:27Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Shibboleth Service Provider (SP) 3.x before 3.1.0 shipped a spec file that calls chown on files in a directory controlled by the service user (the shibd account) after installation. This allows the user to escalate to root by pointing symlinks to files such as /etc/shadow.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / shibboleth-sp

Package

Name
shibboleth-sp
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/shibboleth-sp?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.1.0+dfsg1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:12 / shibboleth-sp

Package

Name
shibboleth-sp
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/shibboleth-sp?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.1.0+dfsg1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:13 / shibboleth-sp

Package

Name
shibboleth-sp
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/shibboleth-sp?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.1.0+dfsg1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:14 / shibboleth-sp

Package

Name
shibboleth-sp
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/shibboleth-sp?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.1.0+dfsg1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}