UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following Affecting freebsd package, versions [,3.3.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.53% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FREEBSD-2383193
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed1 Dec 1999
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 1 Dec 1999

CVE-1999-0857  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-61  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade freebsd to version 3.3.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following. FreeBSD gdc program allows local users to modify files via a symlink attack.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1