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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.0

CVE-2019-3684 json

susemanager installer creates world-readable swap files

published 2019-05-13 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-13319

cvss
4.0
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 53%
public exploits
0
none known

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

Patch / fix

  • SUSE SUSE Manager 4.0.7
  • Uyuni Uyuni 1b426ad5ed0a7191a6fb46bb83e98ae4b99a5ade
  • rhncfg Manager Proxy 3.2 5.10.122.3-3.3.1
  • cobbler Manager Server 3.2 2.6.6-6.19.1
  • susemanager Manager Server 3.2 3.2.18-3.25.2
  • spacewalk-web Manager Server 3.2, Manager Proxy 3.2 2.8.7.16-3.27.1
  • spacewalk-java Manager Server 3.2 2.8.78.22-3.32.1
  • spacewalk-proxy Manager Proxy 3.2 2.8.5.5-3.6.2
  • susemanager-sls Manager Server 3.2 3.2.25-3.29.1
  • py26-compat-salt Manager Server 3.2 2016.11.10-6.26.1

suse advisories SUSE-RU-2019:1703-1SUSE-SU-2019:1703-1

Exploit prediction

0.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.suse.com https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1131954 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 4.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • SUSE SUSE Manager
  • Uyuni Uyuni

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-922 Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.