CVE-2013-5691
N/A
Published: September 23, 2013 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:59 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFreeBSD
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
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.
Remediation
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References (4)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=255442Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2769Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
Source: [email protected]
http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-13:12.ifioctl.ascQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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