CVE-2001-0061 Affecting freebsd package, versions [3.5.1,4.2]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FREEBSD-2382971
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed12 Feb 2001
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 12 Feb 2001

CVE-2001-0061  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for freebsd.

Overview

procfs in FreeBSD and possibly other operating systems does not properly restrict access to per-process mem and ctl files, which allows local users to gain root privileges by forking a child process and executing a privileged process from the child, while the parent retains access to the child's address space.

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