susemanager installer creates world-readable swap files
Priority LOW 28CWE-922Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-922.
Summary
SUSE Manager until version 4.0.7 and Uyuni until commit 1b426ad5ed0a7191a6fb46bb83e98ae4b99a5ade created world-readable swap files on systems that don't have a swap already configured and don't have btrfs as filesystem
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00714 53rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed SUSE Manager (SUSE): 4.0.7Uyuni (Uyuni): 1b426ad5ed0a7191a6fb46bb83e98ae4b99a5ade
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUSE | SUSE Manager | before 4.0.7 | 4.0.7 | Patch available | CNA |
| Uyuni | Uyuni | before 1b426ad5ed0a7191a6fb46bb83e98ae4b99a5ade | 1b426ad5ed0a7191a6fb46bb83e98ae4b99a5ade | Patch available | CNA |
- SUSE Manager VendorSUSE Affected before 4.0.7 Fixed in 4.0.7 Patch available CNA
- Uyuni VendorUyuni Affected before 1b426ad5ed0a7191a6fb46bb83e98ae4b99a5ade Fixed in 1b426ad5ed0a7191a6fb46bb83e98ae4b99a5ade Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA SUSE Manager (SUSE) Fixed in 4.0.7
- Fix · CNA Uyuni (Uyuni) Fixed in 1b426ad5ed0a7191a6fb46bb83e98ae4b99a5ade
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-3684
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wmqv-rv2p-ffx8
References
More SUSE Manager vulnerabilities
- TI-2016-02888 Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u113, 7u99, and 8u77; Java SE Embedded 8u77… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2016-03148 The (1) HTTP and (2) FTP coders in ImageMagick before 6.9.3-10 and 7.x before 7.0.1-1… KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
- TI-2016-03145 The EPHEMERAL coder in ImageMagick before 6.9.3-10 and 7.x before 7.0.1-1 allows remote… KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
- TI-2016-01179 named in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.8-P4 and 9.10.x before 9.10.3-P4 allows remote attackers… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
- TI-2016-01178 named in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.8-P4 and 9.10.x before 9.10.3-P4 does not properly… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.8
- TI-2015-02479 The RC4 algorithm, as used in the TLS protocol and SSL protocol, does not properly… CVSS 3.1LOW 3.7
Sources
- CVE-2019-3684 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-3684 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wmqv-rv2p-ffx8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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