High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 26, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-5603
CVE-2019-5603
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.
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Affected products
24cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 23 more
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.2:p10:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.2:p11:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.2:p2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.2:p3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.2:p4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.2:p5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.2:p6:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.2:p7:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.2:p8:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.2:p9:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.2:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.0:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.0:p2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.0:p3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.0:p4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.0:p5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.0:p6:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.0:p7:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <12.0-RELEASE-p8, <11.3-RELEASE-p1, <11.2-RELEASE-p12
- (no CPE)range: FreeBSD before 12.0-RELEASE-p8
Patches
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References
6- packetstormsecurity.com/files/153752/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-15.mqueuefs.htmlnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/154172/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-24.mqueuefs.htmlnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:15.mqueuefs.ascnvdVendor Advisory
- security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:24.mqueuefs.ascnvdThird Party Advisory
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190814-0003/nvdThird Party Advisory
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/35nvdBroken Link
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