CVE-2019-5603

high

Description

In FreeBSD 12.0-STABLE before r350261, 12.0-RELEASE before 12.0-RELEASE-p8, 11.3-STABLE before r350263, 11.3-RELEASE before 11.3-RELEASE-p1, and 11.2-RELEASE before 11.2-RELEASE-p12, system calls operating on file descriptors as part of mqueuefs did not properly release the reference allowing a malicious user to overflow the counter allowing access to files, directories, and sockets opened by processes owned by other users.

References

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

https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:24.mqueuefs.asc

https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:15.mqueuefs.asc

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/35

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154172/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-24.mqueuefs.html

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153752/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-15.mqueuefs.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-07-26

Updated: 2023-03-01

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High