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CVE-2009-2208

Published: Jun 25, 2009 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
3.6 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2208
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

FreeBSD 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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
FreebsdFreebsd6.3 (including)6.3 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd6.3-release_p10 (including)6.3-release_p10 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd6.3-release_p11 (including)6.3-release_p11 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd6.3-release_p6 (including)6.3-release_p6 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd6.3-release_p8 (including)6.3-release_p8 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd6.3-release_p9 (including)6.3-release_p9 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd6.3_releng (including)6.3_releng (including)
FreebsdFreebsd6.4 (including)6.4 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd6.4-release (including)6.4-release (including)
FreebsdFreebsd6.4-release_p2 (including)6.4-release_p2 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd6.4-release_p3 (including)6.4-release_p3 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd6.4-release_p4 (including)6.4-release_p4 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd6.4-release_p5 (including)6.4-release_p5 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd6.4-stable (including)6.4-stable (including)
FreebsdFreebsd7.1 (including)7.1 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd7.1-pre-release (including)7.1-pre-release (including)
FreebsdFreebsd7.1-rc1 (including)7.1-rc1 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd7.1-release-p1 (including)7.1-release-p1 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd7.1-release-p2 (including)7.1-release-p2 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd7.1-release-p4 (including)7.1-release-p4 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd7.1-release-p5 (including)7.1-release-p5 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd7.1-release-p6 (including)7.1-release-p6 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd7.1-stable (including)7.1-stable (including)
FreebsdFreebsd7.2 (including)7.2 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd7.2-pre-release (including)7.2-pre-release (including)
FreebsdFreebsd7.2-stable (including)7.2-stable (including)
Kfreebsd-5Ubuntudapper*
Kfreebsd-5Ubuntuhardy*
Kfreebsd-5Ubuntuintrepid*
Kfreebsd-6Ubuntuintrepid*
Kfreebsd-7Ubuntuintrepid*

References

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