CVE-2019-3690

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-3690
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-3690.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2019-3690
Downstream
Related
Published
2019-12-05T16:15:11.147Z
Modified
2026-03-14T09:37:09.992547Z
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

The chkstat tool in the permissions package followed symlinks before commit a9e1d26cd49ef9ee0c2060c859321128a6dd4230 (please also check the additional hardenings after this fix). This allowed local attackers with control over a path that is traversed by chkstat to escalate privileges.

References

Affected packages

Git /

Affected ranges

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-3690.json"
unresolved_ranges 
[
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "15.1"
            }
        ]
    }
]