CVE-2001-1017 Affecting freebsd package, versions [4.2,4.3]


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-2382980
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed4 Sept 2001
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 4 Sep 2001

CVE-2001-1017  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for freebsd.

Overview

rmuser utility in FreeBSD 4.2 and 4.3 creates a copy of the master.passwd file with world-readable permissions while updating the original file, which could allow local users to gain privileges by reading the copied file while rmuser is running, obtain the password hashes, and crack the passwords.

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