CVE-2019-3689
nfs-utils: root-owned files stored in insecure /var/lib/nfs directory
02 Description
nfs-utils: root-owned files stored in insecure /var/lib/nfs directory
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.51% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 74.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-09-19 13:27Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-17 04:14Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-01-03
- Assigning CNA
- suse
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-276Incorrect Default PermissionsBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 54d4c88277710ea72f6b4654c7f2f465748e94fba92119427df3690be0c83973
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugzilla.suse.comhttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1150733
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20191019 [SECURITY] [DLA 1965-1] nfs-utils security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00026.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:2408http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00071.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:2435http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00006.html
- git.linux-nfs.orghttps://git.linux-nfs.org/?p=steved/nfs-utils.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=fee2cc29e888f2ced6a76990923aef19d326dc0e
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4400-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4400-1/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- nfs-utils Fixed in 1:1.3.4-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- nfs-utils Fixed in 1:1.3.4-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- nfs-utils Fixed in 1:1.3.4-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- nfs-utils No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- nfs-utils Fixed in 1:1.2.8-9ubuntu12.3
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- nfs-utils Fixed in 1:1.3.4-2.1ubuntu5.3
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- nfs-utils Fixed in 1:1.3.4-2.5ubuntu3.3
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.