Vulnerability in FreeBSD
CVE-2013-5691
The (1) IPv6 and (2) ATM ioctl request handlers in the kernel in FreeBSD 8.3 through 9.2-STABLE do not validate SIOCSIFADDR, SIOCSIFBRDADDR, SIOCSIFDSTADDR, and SIOCSIFNETMASK requests, which allows local users to perform link-layer actions, cause a denial of service (panic), or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (29.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 29.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- FreeBSD — versions 8.3, 9.0, 9.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/54861 (third-party-advisory)
- www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-13:12.ifioctl.asc (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2769 (vendor-advisory)
- svnweb.freebsd.org/base (Patch)