Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting freebsd package, versions [,4.5]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FREEBSD-2382904
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed12 Aug 2002
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 12 Aug 2002

CVE-2002-0795  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for freebsd.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. The rc system startup script for FreeBSD 4 through 4.5 allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on X Windows lock files.

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