CVE-2019-5164

published 2019-12-03

CVE-2019-5164: 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…

Priority P3 43 high 7.8 CVSS 3.1

AV L AC L PR L UI N S U C H I H A H

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.

Affected

8 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	shadowsocks-libev	< shadowsocks-libev 3.3.3+ds-2 (bookworm)	shadowsocks-libev 3.3.3+ds-2 (bookworm)
opensuse	backports_sle	—	—
opensuse	leap	—	—
shadowsocks	shadowsocks-libev	—	—
shadowsocks	shadowsocks-libev	>= 0 < 3.3.3+ds-2	3.3.3+ds-2
shadowsocks	shadowsocks-libev	>= 0 < 3.3.3+ds-2	3.3.3+ds-2
shadowsocks	shadowsocks-libev	>= 0 < 3.3.3+ds-2	3.3.3+ds-2
shadowsocks	shadowsocks-libev	>= 0 < 3.3.3+ds-2	3.3.3+ds-2

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v3.0 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv 7.8 HIGH

vendor_debian 7.8 HIGH

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