CVE-2019-5596 Affecting kfreebsd-10 package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-KFREEBSD10-337410
  • published12 Feb 2019
  • disclosed12 Feb 2019

Introduced: 12 Feb 2019

CVE-2019-5596  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:10 kfreebsd-10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kfreebsd-10 package and not the kfreebsd-10 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

In FreeBSD 11.2-STABLE after r338618 and before r343786, 12.0-STABLE before r343781, and 12.0-RELEASE before 12.0-RELEASE-p3, a bug in the reference count implementation for UNIX domain sockets can cause a file structure to be incorrectly released potentially allowing a malicious local user to gain root privileges or escape from a jail.