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CVE-2019-8339

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Date: May 17, 2019

An issue was discovered in Falco through 0.14.0. A missing indicator for insufficient resources allows local users to bypass the detection engine.

Language: C++

Severity Score

5.5

Related Resources (7)

Url: https://www.twistlock.com/labs-blog/falco-vulnerability-cve-2019-8339/

Url: https://sysdig.com/blog/cve-2019-8339-falco-vulnerability/

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8339

Url: https://falco.org/docs/event-sources/dropped-events/

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-8339

Url: https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco/pull/561

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2019-8339

Severity Score

5.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Use After Free

CWE-416

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version 0.15.0

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.5
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	2.1
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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