Vulnerability · Published Oct 4, 2023 · Assigned by freebsd

CVE-2023-5369copy_file_range insufficient capability rights check

High 7.1

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in FreeBSD from FreeBSD. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 9% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 90.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Before correction, the copy_file_range system call checked only for the CAP_READ and CAP_WRITE capabilities on the input and output file descriptors, respectively. Using an offset is logically equivalent to seeking, and the system call must additionally require the CAP_SEEK capability. This incorrect privilege check enabled sandboxed processes with only read or write but no seek capability on a file descriptor to read data from or write data to an arbitrary location within the file corresponding to that file descriptor.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
FreeBSD FreeBSD 13.2-RELEASE – before p4

Weakness: CWE-273

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