CVE-2019-15901
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CVE-2019-15901 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 8.8/10 on the CVSS scale. An issue was discovered in slicer69 doas before 6.2 on certain platforms other than OpenBSD. A setusercontext(3) call with flags to change the UID, primary GID, and secondary GIDs was replaced (on certain platforms: Linux and possibly NetBSD) with a single setuid(2) call. EPSS estimates a 2.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
An issue was discovered in slicer69 doas before 6.2 on certain platforms other than OpenBSD. A setusercontext(3) call with flags to change the UID, primary GID, and secondary GIDs was replaced (on certain platforms: Linux and possibly NetBSD) with a single setuid(2) call. This resulted in neither changing the group id nor initializing secondary group ids.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Doas Project | Doas | < 6.2 |
References
- https://github.com/slicer69/doas/commit/6cf0236184ff6304bf5e267ccf7ef02874069697Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/slicer69/doas/compare/6.1p1...6.2Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/slicer69/doas/pull/23Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/slicer69/doas/commit/6cf0236184ff6304bf5e267ccf7ef02874069697Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/slicer69/doas/compare/6.1p1...6.2Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/slicer69/doas/pull/23Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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