FreeBSD : SA-04:15.syscons

medium Nessus Plugin ID 15419

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

The remote host is running a version of FreeBSD which contains a flaw in the syscons console driver.

There are boundary errors in the CONS_SCRSHOT ioctls that may allow a local attacker to read portions of the kernel memory, which may contain sensitive information.

Solution

http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/67710833-1626-11d9-bc4a-000c41e2cdad.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 15419

File Name: freebsd_syscons_bounds.nasl

Version: Revision: 1.10

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 10/4/2004

Updated: 10/6/2010

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0919

BID: 11321

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