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FreeBSD Insecure iir Driver Permissions
Secunia Advisory: SA15260
Release Date: 2005-05-06
Popularity: 6,541 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Manipulation of data
Exposure of sensitive information
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:FreeBSD 4.x
FreeBSD 5.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2005-1399


Description:
Christian S.J. Peron has reported a security issue in FreeBSD, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain knowledge of sensitive information or corrupt data.

The problem is caused due to insecure default permissions on the iir driver (/dev/iir) allowing any user on the system to open the device and send arbitrary commands to the hardware supported by the iir driver.

Successful exploitation may allow disclosure or destruction of data.

Solution:
Update FreeBSD or apply patch.

Fixed versions:
2005-05-06 02:33:46 UTC (RELENG_5, 5.4-STABLE)
2005-05-06 02:34:18 UTC (RELENG_5_4, 5.4-RELEASE)
2005-05-06 02:34:01 UTC (RELENG_5_3, 5.3-RELEASE-p11)
2005-05-06 02:32:54 UTC (RELENG_4, 4.11-STABLE)
2005-05-06 02:33:28 UTC (RELENG_4_11, 4.11-RELEASE-p5)
2005-05-06 02:33:12 UTC (RELENG_4_10, 4.10-RELEASE-p10)

Patch for FreeBSD 4.10, 4.11, and 5.3:
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-05:06/iir.patch
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-05:06/iir.patch.asc

Provided and/or discovered by:
Christian S.J. Peron

Original Advisory:
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:06.iir.asc


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