CVE-2006-2655

Severity

64%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

81%

The build process for ypserv in FreeBSD 5.3 up to 6.1 accidentally disables access restrictions when using the /var/yp/securenets file, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.

The build process for ypserv in FreeBSD 5.3 up to 6.1 accidentally disables access restrictions when using the /var/yp/securenets file, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.4. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N).

Overview

Type

FreeBSD

First reported 18 years ago

2006-06-02 01:02:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-07-20 01:31:00

Affected Software

FreeBSD 5.3

5.3

FreeBSD 5.4

5.4

FreeBSD 6.0

6.0

FreeBSD 6.1

6.1

References

20389

Patch, Vendor Advisory

FreeBSD-SA-06:15

Patch, Vendor Advisory

1016193

25852

18204

Patch

freebsd-ypserv-security-bypass(26792)

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