PT-2009-5045 · Freebsd · Freebsd

Shaun Colley · Published 2009-07-30 · Updated 2017-10-19 · CVE-2009-2649

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.7

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FreeBSD versions 6.0 through 8.0

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a kernel panic, by sending a certain IOCTL request with a large count to the IATA (ata) driver when read access to /dev is available. This triggers a malloc call with a large value.

Recommendations For FreeBSD versions 6.0 through 8.0, consider restricting access to the /dev directory to minimize the risk of exploitation. As a temporary workaround, limit the use of the IATA (ata) driver until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-2649

Affected Products

Freebsd

References · 4

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/9134 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2649 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/35645 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1022538 · Note