CVE-2019-5605 - In FreeBSD 11.3-STABLE before r350217, 11.3-RELEASE before 11.3-RELEASE-p1, and 11.2-RELEASE before 11.2-RELEASE-p12, due to insufficient initialization of memory copied to userland in the freebsd32_ioctl interface, small amounts of kernel memory may be disclosed to userland processes

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In FreeBSD 11.3-STABLE before r350217, 11.3-RELEASE before 11.3-RELEASE-p1, and 11.2-RELEASE before 11.2-RELEASE-p12, due to insufficient initialization of memory copied to userland in the freebsd32_ioctl interface, small amounts of kernel memory may be disclosed to userland processes

Published Jul 26, 2019

6.5

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 2.33%

Description

In FreeBSD 11.3-STABLE before r350217, 11.3-RELEASE before 11.3-RELEASE-p1, and 11.2-RELEASE before 11.2-RELEASE-p12, due to insufficient initialization of memory copied to userland in the freebsd32_ioctl interface, small amounts of kernel memory may be disclosed to userland processes. This may allow an attacker to leverage this information to obtain elevated privileges either directly or indirectly.

Affected products

Vendor FreeBSD Product FreeBSD Default
n/a
- Version
  FreeBSD 11.x
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
- Version
  and before 11.2-RELEASE-p12
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
- Version
  before 11.3-RELEASE-p1
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

FreeBSD

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
FreeBSD 11.x	affected	-
and before 11.2-RELEASE-p12	affected	-
before 11.3-RELEASE-p1	affected	-

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-665

References (3)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153749/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-14.freebsd32.html
x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:14.freebsd32.asc
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDVendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190814-0003/
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153749/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-14.freebsd32.html		x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:14.freebsd32.asc		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDVendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190814-0003/		x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner freebsd

Published Jul 26, 2019

Updated Aug 4, 2024

Reserved Jan 7, 2019

Link CVE-2019-5605

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2019-5605

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2019-5605