CVE-2013-5691

high

Description

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.

References

http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-13:12.ifioctl.asc

http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2769

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

http://secunia.com/advisories/54861

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2013-09-23

Updated: 2013-10-24

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High