CVE-2019-5164 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function in Shadowsocks-libev

CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function5 documents5 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 37.46%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Shadowsocks Shadowsocks-libevOpensuse Backports SLEOpensuse Leap
Timeline
PublishedDec 3
Latest updateMay 24

Description

An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the ss-manager binary of Shadowsocks-libev 3.3.2. Specially crafted network packets sent to ss-manager can cause an arbitrary binary to run, resulting in code execution and privilege escalation. An attacker can send network packets to trigger this vulnerability.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶Debianshadowsocks/shadowsocks-libev< 3.3.3+ds-2+3
▶NVDopensuse/leap15.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-rcm9-p88f-cmqm: An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the ss-manager binary of Shadowsocks-libev 3↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2019-5164: An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the ss-manager binary of Shadowsocks-libev 3↗2019-12-03
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OSV
CVE-2019-5164: An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the ss-manager binary of Shadowsocks-libev 3↗2019-12-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2019-5164: shadowsocks-libev - An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the ss-manager binary of S...↗2019
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