FreeBSD : SA-04:02.shmat

medium Nessus Plugin ID 12614

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

The remote host is running a version of the FreeBSD kernel which may be contains a programming error in the shmat(2) system call which can let a local attacker to gain read or write access to a portion of the kernel memory which in turn might be used to elevate his privileges or gain access to sensitive information.

Solution

http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/f95a9005-88ae-11d8-90d1-0020ed76ef5a.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 12614

File Name: freebsd_shmat.nasl

Version: Revision: 1.16

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 7/6/2004

Updated: 11/3/2011

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0114

BID: 9586, 9792

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