CVE-2019-18897

Name	CVE-2019-18897
Description	A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of salt of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15; openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to escalate privileges from user salt to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 salt-master version 2019.2.0-46.83.1 and prior versions. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 salt-master version 2019.2.0-6.21.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory salt-master version 2019.2.2-3.1 and prior versions.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
salt (PTS)	jessie, jessie (lts)	2014.1.13+ds-3+deb8u2	fixed
	stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch	2016.11.2+ds-1+deb9u10	fixed
	buster (security), buster, buster (lts)	2018.3.4+dfsg1-6+deb10u3	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
salt	source	(unstable)	(not affected)

- salt <not-affected> (SuSE-specific Salt packaging vulnerability)