Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in FreeBSD - CVE-2019-15876

CSH
CYBERSECURITY HELP
Sign In REGISTER
 
Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU26236

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in FreeBSD - CVE-2019-15876

Published: March 19, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU26236
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-15876
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient privilege checking in oce IOCTL. A local user can run a specially crafted application to send arbitrary commands to device firmware and escalate privileges on the system.


Affected software

FreeBSD
PowerScale OneFS

How to mitigate CVE-2019-15876

Install updates from vendor's website.

PowerScale OneFS - addressed in versions 9.1.0.28, 9.2.1.22, 9.4.0.13, 9.5.0.1

External References

Related Security Bulletins