National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2014-8612
Original release date: 02/02/2015
Last revised: 02/04/2015
Source: US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Multiple array index errors in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) module in FreeBSD 10.1 before p5, 10.0 before p17, 9.3 before p9, and 8.4 before p23 allow local users to (1) gain privileges via the stream id to the setsockopt function, when setting the SCTIP_SS_VALUE option, or (2) read arbitrary kernel memory via the stream id to the getsockopt function, when getting the SCTP_SS_PRIORITY option.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type: Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/freebsd-kernel-multiple-vulnerabilities
External Source: FREEBSD
Name: FreeBSD-SA-15:02
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1031648
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20150127 [CORE-2015-0003] – FreeBSD Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities
External Source: FULLDISC
Name: 20150127 [CORE-2015-0003] – FreeBSD Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities
External Source: BID
Name: 72342
Technical Details
- Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control (CWE-264)
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