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CVE-2019-19519

high

Description

In OpenBSD 6.6, local users can use the su -L option to achieve any login class (often excluding root) because there is a logic error in the main function in su/su.c.

References

https://github.com/openbsd/src/blob/2dfc98f42e117c7605b52b5020b630d98601dc22/usr.bin/su/su.c#L210-L211

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/14

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155572/Qualys-Security-Advisory-OpenBSD-Authentication-Bypass-Privilege-Escalation.html

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/04/5

https://www.openbsd.org/errata66.html

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/8

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/04/5

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-12-05

Updated: 2021-07-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0009