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FreeBSD : FreeBSD -- Use after free in cryptodev module (9f15c2da-947e-11ea-92ab-00163e433440)

high Nessus Plugin ID 136537

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

A race condition permitted a data structure in the kernel to be used after it was freed by the cryptodev module. Impact : An unprivileged process can overwrite arbitrary kernel memory.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?406ad908

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 136537

File Name: freebsd_pkg_9f15c2da947e11ea92ab00163e433440.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 5/13/2020

Updated: 5/19/2020

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-15879

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:freebsd, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Settings/ParanoidReport, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/12/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/20/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-15879

FreeBSD: SA-20:15.cryptodev