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FreeBSD: VID-B2B83761-6A09-11EA-92AB-00163E433440 (CVE-2019-15877): FreeBSD -- Insufficient ixl(4) ioctl(2) privilege checking

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FreeBSD: VID-B2B83761-6A09-11EA-92AB-00163E433440 (CVE-2019-15877): FreeBSD -- Insufficient ixl(4) ioctl(2) privilege checking

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
03/19/2020
Created
03/24/2020
Added
03/20/2020
Modified
10/20/2020

Description

Details for this vulnerability have not been published by NIST at this point. Descriptions from software vendor advisories for this issue are provided below.

From VID-B2B83761-6A09-11EA-92AB-00163E433440:

Problem Description:

The driver-specific ioctl(2) command handlers in ixl(4) failed to

check whether the caller has sufficient privileges to perform the

corresponding operation.

Impact:

The ixl(4) handler permits unprivileged users to trigger updates to

the device's non-volatile memory (NVM).

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-base-12_1-release-p3

References

  • CVE-2019-15877

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