Vulnerability CVE-2016-1886


Published: 2016-05-25

Description:
Integer signedness error in the genkbd_commonioctl function in sys/dev/kbd/kbd.c in FreeBSD 9.3 before p42, 10.1 before p34, 10.2 before p17, and 10.3 before p3 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, cause a denial of service (memory overwrite and kernel crash), or gain privileges via a negative value in the flen structure member in the arg argument in a SETFKEY ioctl call, which triggers a "two way heap and stack overflow."

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Freebsd -> Freebsd 

 References:
http://cturt.github.io/SETFKEY.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90734
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035905
https://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-16:18/atkbd.patch
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:18.atkbd.asc

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