Access Restriction Bypass Affecting freebsd package, versions [5.3,6.1]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.33% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FREEBSD-2383046
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed2 Jun 2006
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 2 Jun 2006

CVE-2006-2655  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for freebsd.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. The build process for ypserv in FreeBSD 5.3 up to 6.1 accidentally disables access restrictions when using the /var/yp/securenets file, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.

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