CVE-2019-19519

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-19519
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-12-05 00:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-07-21 11:39:00 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-287

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 6.6 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 6.6 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
src/su.c at 2dfc98f42e117c7605b52b5020b630d98601dc22 · openbsd/src · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
Qualys Security Advisory - OpenBSD Authentication Bypass / Privilege Escalation ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Authentication vulnerabilities in OpenBSD MLIST www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Bugtraq: Authentication vulnerabilities in OpenBSD BUGTRAQ seclists.org Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Authentication vulnerabilities in OpenBSD MISC www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Full Disclosure: Authentication vulnerabilities in OpenBSD FULLDISC seclists.org Third Party Advisory
OpenBSD 6.6 Errata MISC www.openbsd.org Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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