CVE Catalog

CVE-2015-5675

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The IRET Handler in the kernel in FreeBSD 9.3 and 10.1 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (kernel panic).

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability may lead to privilege escalation by local users and system instability, affecting service availability.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the system to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor logs for unauthorized access attempts.

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Original NVD description (English source)

The sys_amd64 IRET Handler in the kernel in FreeBSD 9.3 and 10.1 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (kernel panic).

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS