Buffer Overflow Affecting freebsd package, versions [3.0,5.0]


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-2383032
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed11 Dec 2000
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 11 Dec 2000

CVE-2000-1011  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for freebsd.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow. Buffer overflow in catopen() function in FreeBSD 5.0 and earlier, and possibly other OSes, allows local users to gain root privileges via a long environmental variable.

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