CVE-2009-2208

Summary

CVECVE-2009-2208
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-06-25 02:00:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionFreeBSD 6.3, 6.4, 7.1, and 7.2 does not enforce permissions on the SIOCSIFINFO_IN6 IOCTL, which allows local users to modify or disable IPv6 network interfaces, as demonstrated by modifying the MTU.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.6 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 6.3 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 6.3 release_p10 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 6.3 release_p11 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 6.3 release_p6 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 6.3 release_p8 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 6.3 release_p9 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 6.3_releng All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 6.4 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 6.4 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 6.4 release_p2 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 6.4 release_p3 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 6.4 release_p4 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 6.4 release_p5 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 6.4 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.1 pre-release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.1 rc1 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.1 release-p1 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.1 release-p2 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.1 release-p4 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.1 release-p5 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.1 release-p6 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.1 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.2 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.2 pre-release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.2 stable All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
FreeBSD "SIOCSIFINFO_IN6" IOCTL Security Issue - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
FreeBSD IPv6 'SIOCSIFINFO_IN6' Permission Check Local Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
FreeBSD SIOCSIFINFO_IN6 IOCTL Access Bug Lets Local Users Modify IPv6 Interface Properties - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-09:10.ipv6.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.FreeBSD.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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