Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-15875 - Improper Initialization vulnerability in Freebsd 11.3/12.0/12.1
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r354734, 12.1-RELEASE before 12.1-RELEASE-p2, 12.0-RELEASE before 12.0-RELEASE-p13, 11.3-STABLE before r354735, and 11.3-RELEASE before 11.3-RELEASE-p6, due to incorrect initialization of a stack data structure, core dump files may contain up to 20 bytes of kernel data previously stored on the stack.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| OS | 20 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Leveraging Race Conditions This attack targets a race condition occurring when multiple processes access and manipulate the same resource concurrently and the outcome of the execution depends on the particular order in which the access takes place. The attacker can leverage a race condition by "running the race", modifying the resource and modifying the normal execution flow. For instance a race condition can occur while accessing a file, the attacker can trick the system by replacing the original file with his version and cause the system to read the malicious file.
- Leveraging Time-of-Check and Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) Race Conditions This attack targets a race condition occurring between the time of check (state) for a resource and the time of use of a resource. The typical example is the file access. The attacker can leverage a file access race condition by "running the race", meaning that he would modify the resource between the first time the target program accesses the file and the time the target program uses the file. During that period of time, the attacker could do something such as replace the file and cause an escalation of privilege.
Nessus
| NASL family | FreeBSD Local Security Checks |
| NASL id | FREEBSD_PKG_6025D173427911EAB184F8B156AC3FF9.NASL |
| description | Due to incorrect initialization of a stack data structure, up to 20 bytes of kernel data stored previously stored on the stack will be exposed to a crashing user process. Impact : Sensitive kernel data may be disclosed. |
| last seen | 2020-05-09 |
| modified | 2020-02-14 |
| plugin id | 133710 |
| published | 2020-02-14 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/133710 |
| title | FreeBSD : FreeBSD -- kernel stack data disclosure (6025d173-4279-11ea-b184-f8b156ac3ff9) |
| code | |