Resource management error in jack2 - CVE-2019-13351
Published: October 6, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU67957
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13351
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
jack2
jack2
Software vendor:
jackaudio
jackaudio
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources in posix/JackSocket.cpp in libjack caused by a double file descriptor close issue during a failed connection attempt when jackd2 is not running. A remote attacker can gain access to sensitive information of corrupt files on the system, resulting in a DoS attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.