CVE-2005-2019 describes a vulnerability in ipfw within FreeBSD 5.4, affecting both SMP and UP systems with the PREEMPTION kernel option enabled. Insufficient locking during concurrent table lookups can corrupt cache results, allowing remote attackers to bypass access restrictions. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable with low complexity, potentially leading to unauthorized information disclosure. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant media coverage, though it has received minimal community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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