CVE-2009-4358

Severity

47%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

115%

Per: http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-09:17.freebsd-update.asc "2) To patch your present system: The following patch has been verified to apply to FreeBSD 6.3, 6.4, 7.1, 7.2, and 8.0 systems. a) Download the relevant patch from the location below, and verify the detached PGP signature using your PGP utility. # fetch http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-09:17/freebsd-update.patch # fetch http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-09:17/freebsd-update.patch.asc"

freebsd-update in FreeBSD 8.0, 7.2, 7.1, 6.4, and 6.3 uses insecure permissions in its working directory (/var/db/freebsd-update by default), which allows local users to read copies of sensitive files after a (1) freebsd-update fetch (fetch) or (2) freebsd-update upgrade (upgrade) operation.

Per: http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-09:17.freebsd-update.asc "2) To patch your present system: The following patch has been verified to apply to FreeBSD 6.3, 6.4, 7.1, 7.2, and 8.0 systems. a) Download the relevant patch from the location below, and verify the detached PGP signature using your PGP utility. # fetch http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-09:17/freebsd-update.patch # fetch http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-09:17/freebsd-update.patch.asc"

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.7. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N).

Overview

Type

FreeBSD

First reported 15 years ago

2009-12-20 02:30:00

Last updated 15 years ago

2009-12-21 05:00:00

Affected Software

FreeBSD 6.3

6.3

FreeBSD 6.4

6.4

FreeBSD 7.1

7.1

FreeBSD 7.2

7.2

FreeBSD 8.0

8.0

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