PT-2009-4657 · Freebsd · Freebsd

Hiroki Sato · Published 2009-06-24 · Updated 2017-08-17 · CVE-2009-2208

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

3.6

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FreeBSD versions 6.3, 6.4, 7.1, 7.2

Description The issue allows local users to modify or disable IPv6 network interfaces due to a lack of permission enforcement on the SIOCSIFINFO IN6 IOCTL. This can be demonstrated by modifying the MTU.

Recommendations For versions 6.3, 6.4, 7.1, 7.2, consider restricting access to the SIOCSIFINFO IN6 IOCTL to prevent unauthorized modification of IPv6 network interfaces. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-2208

Affected Products

Freebsd

References · 6

• http://secunia.com/advisories/35410 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2208 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/35285 · Patch
• http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-09:10.ipv6.asc · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51044 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1022367 · Note