CVE-2019-3689
Publication date 19 September 2019
Last updated 18 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
Description
The nfs-utils package in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 before and including version 1.3.0-34.18.1 and in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 before and including version 2.1.1-6.10.2 the directory /var/lib/nfs is owned by statd:nogroup. This directory contains files owned and managed by root. If statd is compromised, it can therefore trick processes running with root privileges into creating/overwriting files anywhere on the system.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | 
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| nfs-utils | 25.10 questing | 
                              
                               
                                Fixed 1:1.3.4-2.5ubuntu5 
                                
                               
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| 25.04 plucky | 
                              
                               
                                Fixed 1:1.3.4-2.5ubuntu5 
                                
                               
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| 24.04 LTS noble | 
                              
                               
                                Fixed 1:1.3.4-2.5ubuntu5 
                                
                               
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| 22.04 LTS jammy | 
                              
                               
                                Fixed 1:1.3.4-2.5ubuntu5 
                                
                               
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| 20.04 LTS focal | 
                              
                               
                                Fixed 1:1.3.4-2.5ubuntu3.3 
                                
                               
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| 18.04 LTS bionic | 
                              
                               
                                Fixed 1:1.3.4-2.1ubuntu5.3 
                                
                               
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| 16.04 LTS xenial | 
                              
                               
                                Fixed 1:1.2.8-9ubuntu12.3 
                                
                               
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| 14.04 LTS trusty | 
                              
                               
                                Vulnerable 
                                
                               
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Patch details
| Package | Patch details | 
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| nfs-utils | 
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value | 
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| Base score | 
                      
                      
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| Attack vector | Local | 
| Attack complexity | Low | 
| Privileges required | None | 
| User interaction | None | 
| Scope | Unchanged | 
| Confidentiality | None | 
| Integrity impact | Low | 
| Availability impact | Low | 
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L | 
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-4400-1
 - nfs-utils vulnerability
 - 22 June 2020