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CVE-2019-5596

Published: Feb 12, 2019

Modified: Aug 4, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
FreeBSD	FreeBSD	affected `FreeBSD 12.0 before 12.0-RELEASE-p3`

References

FreeBSD-SA-19:02

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_FREEBSD

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155790/FreeBSD-fd-Privilege-Escalation.html

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