CVE-2005-4351 Affecting freebsd package, versions [,6.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FREEBSD-2383064
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed31 Dec 2005
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 31 Dec 2005

CVE-2005-4351  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade freebsd to version 6.1 or higher.

Overview

The securelevels implementation in FreeBSD 7.0 and earlier, OpenBSD up to 3.8, DragonFly up to 1.2, and Linux up to 2.6.15 allows root users to bypass immutable settings for files by mounting another filesystem that masks the immutable files while the system is running.

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