Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-15876 - Missing Authorization vulnerability in Freebsd 11.3/12.1

047910
CVSS 5.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
NONE
local
low complexity
freebsd
CWE-862
nessus

Summary

In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r356089, 12.1-RELEASE before 12.1-RELEASE-p3, 11.3-STABLE before r356090, and 11.3-RELEASE before 11.3-RELEASE-p7, driver specific ioctl command handlers in the oce network driver failed to check whether the caller has sufficient privileges allowing unprivileged users to send passthrough commands to the device firmware.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Freebsd
10

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_3C10CCDF6A0911EA92AB00163E433440.NASL
descriptionThe driver-specific ioctl(2) command handlers in oce(4) failed to check whether the caller has sufficient privileges to perform the corresponding operation. Impact : The oce(4) handler permits unprivileged users to send passthrough commands to device firmware.
last seen2020-05-09
modified2020-03-20
plugin id134721
published2020-03-20
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/134721
titleFreeBSD : FreeBSD -- Insufficient oce(4) ioctl(2) privilege checking (3c10ccdf-6a09-11ea-92ab-00163e433440)
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database :
#
# Copyright 2003-2020 Jacques Vidrine and contributors
#
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# AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
# THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
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# BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY,
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include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(134721);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/05/08");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2019-15876");
  script_xref(name:"FreeBSD", value:"SA-20:05.if_oce_ioctl");

  script_name(english:"FreeBSD : FreeBSD -- Insufficient oce(4) ioctl(2) privilege checking (3c10ccdf-6a09-11ea-92ab-00163e433440)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated packages in pkg_info output");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related
updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The driver-specific ioctl(2) command handlers in oce(4) failed to
check whether the caller has sufficient privileges to perform the
corresponding operation. Impact : The oce(4) handler permits
unprivileged users to send passthrough commands to device firmware."
  );
  # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/3c10ccdf-6a09-11ea-92ab-00163e433440.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?6f208965"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-15876");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:FreeBSD");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2020/03/19");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/03/19");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/03/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info", "Settings/ParanoidReport");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("freebsd_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


if (report_paranoia < 2) audit(AUDIT_PARANOID);

flag = 0;

if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"FreeBSD>=12.1<12.1_3")) flag++;
if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"FreeBSD>=11.3<11.3_7")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_note(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get());
  else security_note(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");