CVE-2013-5691

Severity

69%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

165%

The (1) IPv6 and (2) ATM ioctl request handlers in the kernel in FreeBSD 8.3 through 9.2-STABLE do not validate SIOCSIFADDR, SIOCSIFBRDADDR, SIOCSIFDSTADDR, and SIOCSIFNETMASK requests, which allows local users to perform link-layer actions, cause a denial of service (panic), or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application.

The (1) IPv6 and (2) ATM ioctl request handlers in the kernel in FreeBSD 8.3 through 9.2-STABLE do not validate SIOCSIFADDR, SIOCSIFBRDADDR, SIOCSIFDSTADDR, and SIOCSIFNETMASK requests, which allows local users to perform link-layer actions, cause a denial of service (panic), or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.9. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

FreeBSD

First reported 11 years ago

2013-09-23 10:18:00

Last updated 11 years ago

2013-10-24 03:48:00

Affected Software

FreeBSD 8.3

8.3

FreeBSD 9.0

9.0

FreeBSD 9.1

9.1

References

54861

http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=255442

Patch

DSA-2769

FreeBSD-SA-13:12

Vendor Advisory

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