Access Restriction Bypass Affecting freebsd package, versions [6.3_releng,7.2]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FREEBSD-2383126
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed25 Jun 2009
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 25 Jun 2009

CVE-2009-2208  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for freebsd.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. FreeBSD 6.3, 6.4, 7.1, and 7.2 does not enforce permissions on the SIOCSIFINFO_IN6 IOCTL, which allows local users to modify or disable IPv6 network interfaces, as demonstrated by modifying the MTU.

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CVSS Scores

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