PT-2005-2396 · Freebsd · Freebsd

Published 2005-05-06 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2005-1399

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: FreeBSD versions 4.6 through 4.11 FreeBSD versions 5.x through 5.4

Description: The issue concerns insecure default permissions for the /dev/iir device, allowing local users to execute restricted ioctl calls. This can lead to unauthorized reading or modification of data on hardware controlled by the iir driver.

Recommendations: For FreeBSD versions 4.6 through 4.11, consider changing the default permissions of the /dev/iir device to restrict access. For FreeBSD versions 5.x through 5.4, consider changing the default permissions of the /dev/iir device to restrict access. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the /dev/iir device until a proper fix is applied.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-1399

Affected Products

Freebsd

References · 2

• ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:06.iir.asc · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1399 · Security Note