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A vulnerability was found in MidnightBSD and FreeBSD (Operating System) (version unknown). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function em_find
of the file sys/compat/linux/linux_emul.h. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:
In MidnightBSD before 1.2.6 and 1.3 before August 2020, and FreeBSD before 7, a NULL pointer dereference was found in the Linux emulation layer that allows attackers to crash the running kernel. During binary interaction, td->td_emuldata in sys/compat/linux/linux_emul.h is not getting initialized and returns NULL from em_find().
The weakness was published 09/03/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared at midnightbsd.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-24385 since 08/19/2020. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
Similar entry is available at 160686.
Product
Type
Name
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3
VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
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NVD Base Score: 5.5
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Null pointer dereferenceCWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
08/19/2020 🔍09/03/2020 🔍
09/04/2020 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: midnightbsd.orgStatus: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2020-24385 (🔍)
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Entry
Created: 09/04/2020 07:28Updated: 11/12/2020 16:31
Changes: 09/04/2020 07:28 (38), 09/04/2020 07:33 (18), 11/11/2020 08:13 (1), 11/12/2020 16:31 (1)
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