CVE-2019-5596
N/A
Published: February 12, 2019 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:37 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFreeBSD
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:02.fd.ascQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo
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