Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-5596 - Unspecified vulnerability in Freebsd 11.2/12.0

047910
CVSS 8.8 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
local
low complexity
freebsd
nessus
exploit available

Summary

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Freebsd
2

Exploit-Db

idEDB-ID:47829
last seen2019-12-30
modified2019-12-30
published2019-12-30
reporterExploit-DB
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/47829
titleFreeBSD-SA-19:02.fd - Privilege Escalation

Nessus

NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_86C89ABF2D9111E9BF3EA4BADB2F4699.NASL
descriptionFreeBSD 12.0 attempts to handle the case where the receiving process does not provide a sufficiently large buffer for an incoming control message containing rights. In particular, to avoid leaking the corresponding descriptors into the receiving process
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id122085
published2019-02-11
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/122085
titleFreeBSD : FreeBSD -- File description reference count leak (86c89abf-2d91-11e9-bf3e-a4badb2f4699)
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database :
#
# Copyright 2003-2020 Jacques Vidrine and contributors
#
# Redistribution and use in source (VuXML) and 'compiled' forms (SGML,
# HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification,
# are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
# 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above
#    copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
#    disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified.
# 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs,
#    published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript,
#    RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright
#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
#    in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
#    distribution.
# 
# THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
# AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
# THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
# PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS
# BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY,
# OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT
# OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR
# BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
# WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE
# OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION,
# EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(122085);
  script_version("1.6");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/02/12");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2019-5596");
  script_xref(name:"FreeBSD", value:"SA-19:02.fd");

  script_name(english:"FreeBSD : FreeBSD -- File description reference count leak (86c89abf-2d91-11e9-bf3e-a4badb2f4699)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package in pkg_info output");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"FreeBSD 12.0 attempts to handle the case where the receiving process
does not provide a sufficiently large buffer for an incoming control
message containing rights. In particular, to avoid leaking the
corresponding descriptors into the receiving process' descriptor
table, the kernel handles the truncation case by closing descriptors
referenced by the discarded message.

The code which performs this operation failed to release a reference
obtained on the file corresponding to a received right. This bug can
be used to cause the reference counter to wrap around and free the
file structure. Impact : A local user can exploit the bug to gain root
privileges or escape from a jail."
  );
  # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/86c89abf-2d91-11e9-bf3e-a4badb2f4699.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?fe9fe685"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-5596");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:FreeBSD");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/02/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/02/11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/02/11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info", "Settings/ParanoidReport");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("freebsd_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


if (report_paranoia < 2) audit(AUDIT_PARANOID);

flag = 0;

if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"FreeBSD>=12.0<12.0_3")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

Packetstorm

data sourcehttps://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/155790/fbsd1902-escalate.txt
idPACKETSTORM:155790
last seen2019-12-30
published2019-12-30
reporterKarsten Konig
sourcehttps://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155790/FreeBSD-fd-Privilege-Escalation.html
titleFreeBSD fd Privilege Escalation