What is CVE-2019-15877?

CVE-2019-15877 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freebsd, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-04-28.

How severe is CVE-2019-15877?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Freebsd

CVE-2019-15877

In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r356606 and 12.1-RELEASE before 12.1-RELEASE-p3, driver specific ioctl command handlers in the ixl network driver failed to check whether the caller has sufficient privileges allowing unprivileged users to trigger updates to the device's non-volatile memory.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.002 (15.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Freebsd — versions 12.1
N/a Freebsd — versions 12.1-STABLE before r356606, 12.1-RELEASE before 12.1-RELEASE-p3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

secteam@freebsd.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-15877?: CVE-2019-15877 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freebsd, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-04-28.
How severe is CVE-2019-15877?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.