Riskcovery

CVE-2019-5606

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Jul 26, 2019
Updated
Aug 4, 2024
Reserved
Jan 7, 2019

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Description

In FreeBSD 12.0-STABLE before r349805, 12.0-RELEASE before 12.0-RELEASE-p8, 11.3-STABLE before r349806, 11.3-RELEASE before 11.3-RELEASE-p1, and 11.2-RELEASE before 11.2-RELEASE-p12, code which handles close of a descriptor created by posix_openpt fails to undo a signal configuration. This causes an incorrect signal to be raised leading to a write after free of kernel memory allowing a malicious user to gain root privileges or escape a jail.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
FreeBSDFreeBSD
  • FreeBSD before 12.0-RELEASE-p8Affected
  • before 11.3-RELEASE-p1Affected
  • and before 11.2-RELEASE-p12Affected

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