CVE-2019-15877

Published: Apr 28, 2020Modified: Jun 17, 2026

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (3)

Products: Freebsd: Freebsd

1 product

Configuration A

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Freebsd Freebsd	Version 12.1
Freebsd Freebsd	Version 12.1 p1
Freebsd Freebsd	Version 12.1 p2

Related CWEs

Missing Authorization

The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

References (2)

https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-20:06.if_ixl_ioctl.asc

Source: secteam@freebsd.org

PatchVendor Advisory

https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-20:06.if_ixl_ioctl.asc

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchVendor Advisory

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