LOW
FreeBSD 6.3, 6.4, 7.1, and 7.2 does not enforce permissions on the SIOCSIFINFO_IN6 IOCTL, which allows local users to modify or disable IPv6 network interfaces, as demonstrated by modifying the MTU
Published Jun 24, 2009
3.6
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.35%
Description
FreeBSD 6.3, 6.4, 7.1, and 7.2 does not enforce permissions on the SIOCSIFINFO_IN6 IOCTL, which allows local users to modify or disable IPv6 network interfaces, as demonstrated by modifying the MTU.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 6.3
- 6.3
- 6.3
- 6.3
- 6.3
- 6.3
- 6.3_releng
- 6.4
- 6.4
- 6.4
- 6.4
- 6.4
- 6.4
- 6.4
- 7.1
- 7.1
- 7.1
- 7.1
- 7.1
- 7.1
- 7.1
- 7.1
- 7.1
- 7.2
- 7.2
- 7.2
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
3.6 LOW NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.35% 0.00351
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00351
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.35% (0.00351) | 26.47th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.35% (0.00351) | 26.76th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 10.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (5)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35410 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-09:10.ipv6.asc vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35285 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022367 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51044 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/35410 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-09:10.ipv6.asc | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35285 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022367 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51044 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jun 24, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jun 24, 2009
Link CVE-2009-2208
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a