PT-2019-18099 · Gnu+3 · Gnu Recutils+3

Fish · Published 2019-01-16 · Updated 2024-12-04 · CVE-2019-6456

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNU Recutils version 1.8

Description An issue was discovered in GNU Recutils. There is a NULL pointer dereference in the function rec fex size() in the file rec-fex.c of librec.a.

Recommendations For GNU Recutils version 1.8, consider avoiding the use of the rec fex size() function until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to the librec.a library to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-6456

USN-7137-1

Affected Products

Debian

Gnu Recutils

Linuxmint

Ubuntu

References · 22

• 🔥 https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/recutils · Exploit
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-6456 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-6456 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11639 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6456 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-6460 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-6456 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-6456 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7137-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11640 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-6455 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-46021 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-6457 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11637 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-46022 · Vendor Advisory