Resource management error in OpenBSD - CVE-2019-19520

 

Resource management error in OpenBSD - CVE-2019-19520

Published: December 5, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU23424
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19520
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: OpenBSD
Affected software:
OpenBSD

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists within the xlock in OpenBSD 6.6, due to xenocara/lib/mesa/src/loader/loader.c mishandles dlopen. A local user can provide a specially crafted LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH environment variable and gain privileges of the auth group.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-19520

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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