PT-2008-5225 · Freebsd · Freebsd

Nate Eldredge · Published 2008-09-05 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-3890

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FreeBSD versions 6.3 through 7.0

Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges by triggering a General Protection Fault (GPF) during the kernel's return from an interrupt, a trap, or a system call, due to an extra swapgs call made by the kernel after a GPF on amd64 platforms.

Recommendations For FreeBSD versions 6.3 through 7.0, update to a version that includes a fix for this issue to prevent local users from gaining privileges.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-3890

Affected Products

Freebsd

References · 6

• http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:07.amd64.asc · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31743 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3890 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44905 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/31003 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020815 · Note