CVE-2019-5607 Information

Description

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 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153755/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-17.fd.html https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:17.fd.asc https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190814-0003/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8