PT-2019-17776 · Freebsd · Freebsd

Mark Johnston · Published 2019-07-24 · Updated 2023-02-01 · CVE-2019-5607

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FreeBSD versions prior to 12.0-RELEASE-p8 FreeBSD versions prior to 11.3-RELEASE-p1 FreeBSD versions prior to 11.2-RELEASE-p12

Description The issue allows a malicious local user to gain root privileges or escape from a jail by causing the reference counter to wrap, forcing a free event, due to rights transmitted over a domain socket not properly releasing a reference on transmission error.

Recommendations For versions prior to 12.0-RELEASE-p8, update to 12.0-RELEASE-p8 or later. For versions prior to 11.3-RELEASE-p1, update to 11.3-RELEASE-p1 or later. For versions prior to 11.2-RELEASE-p12, update to 11.2-RELEASE-p12 or later.

Fix

Improper Resource Release

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-682

CWE-404

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-5607

FREEBSD-SA-19_17

Affected Products

Freebsd

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5607 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-5607 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:17.fd.asc · Vendor Advisory
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153755/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-17.fd.html · Note
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190814-0003 · Note