CVE-2019-5602 — HIGH (8.8) — White Hats Nepal

Vulnerability Description

In FreeBSD 12.0-STABLE before r349628, 12.0-RELEASE before 12.0-RELEASE-p7, 11.3-PRERELEASE before r349629, 11.3-RC3 before 11.3-RC3-p1, and 11.2-RELEASE before 11.2-RELEASE-p11, a bug in the cdrom driver allows users with read access to the cdrom device to arbitrarily overwrite kernel memory when media is present thereby allowing a malicious user in the operator group to gain root privileges.

CVSS Score

8.8

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality

HIGH

Integrity

HIGH

Availability

HIGH

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Freebsd	Freebsd	11.2

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-863 CWE-787

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153522/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SAThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:11.cd_ioctl.ascVendor Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153522/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SAThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:11.cd_ioctl.ascVendor Advisory

FAQ

What is CVE-2019-5602?

CVE-2019-5602 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH). In FreeBSD 12.0-STABLE before r349628, 12.0-RELEASE before 12.0-RELEASE-p7, 11.3-PRERELEASE before r349629, 11.3-RC3 before 11.3-RC3-p1, and 11.2-RELEASE before 11.2-RELEASE-p11, a bug in the cdrom dr...

How severe is CVE-2019-5602?

CVE-2019-5602 has been rated HIGH with a CVSS base score of 8.8/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Is there a patch for CVE-2019-5602?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Freebsd Freebsd.