High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 26, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-5607
CVE-2019-5607
Description
In FreeBSD 12.0-STABLE before r350222, 12.0-RELEASE before 12.0-RELEASE-p8, 11.3-STABLE before r350223, 11.3-RELEASE before 11.3-RELEASE-p1, and 11.2-RELEASE before 11.2-RELEASE-p12, rights transmitted over a domain socket did not properly release a reference on transmission error allowing a malicious user to cause the reference counter to wrap, forcing a free event. This could allow a malicious local user to gain root privileges or escape from a jail.
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Affected products
6cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (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
3- packetstormsecurity.com/files/153755/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-17.fd.htmlnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:17.fd.ascnvdVendor Advisory
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190814-0003/nvdThird Party Advisory
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