CVE-2019-15877
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: April 28, 2020 at 07:11 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:21 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFreeBSD
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-20:06.if_ixl_ioctl.ascCVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-862
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