CVE-2019-5607

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

In FreeBSD 12.0-STABLE before r350222, 12.0-RELEASE before 12.0-RELEASE-p8, 11.3-STABLE before r350223, 11.3-RELEASE before 11.3-RELEASE-p1, and 11.2-RELEASE before 11.2-RELEASE-p12, rights transmitted over a domain socket did not properly release a reference on transmission error allowing a malicious user to cause the reference counter to wrap, forcing a free event. This could allow a malicious local user to gain root privileges or escape from a jail.

In FreeBSD 12.0-STABLE before r350222, 12.0-RELEASE before 12.0-RELEASE-p8, 11.3-STABLE before r350223, 11.3-RELEASE before 11.3-RELEASE-p1, and 11.2-RELEASE before 11.2-RELEASE-p12, rights transmitted over a domain socket did not properly release a reference on transmission error allowing a malicious user to cause the reference counter to wrap, forcing a free event. This could allow a malicious local user to gain root privileges or escape from a jail.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.8. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

FreeBSD

First reported 5 years ago

2019-07-26 01:15:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-08-14 18:15:00

Affected Software

FreeBSD 11.0 -

11.0

FreeBSD 11.2 -

11.2

FreeBSD FreeBSD 11.3

11.3

FreeBSD 12.0 -

12.0

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153755/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-17.fd.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

FreeBSD-SA-19:17

Vendor Advisory

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190814-0003/

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