SB2020010618 - Improper Privilege Management in rConfig
Published: January 6, 2020 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020010618
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Improper Privilege Management (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19585)
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.
An issue was discovered in rConfig 3.9.3. The install script updates the /etc/sudoers file for rconfig specific tasks. After an "rConfig specific Apache configuration" update, apache has high privileges for some binaries. This can be exploited by an attacker to bypass local security restrictions.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.