CVE-2009-4358 (GCVE-0-2009-4358)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-12-20 02:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 18:55
VLAI
Summary
freebsd-update in FreeBSD 8.0, 7.2, 7.1, 6.4, and 6.3 uses insecure permissions in its working directory (/var/db/freebsd-update by default), which allows local users to read copies of sensitive files after a (1) freebsd-update fetch (fetch) or (2) freebsd-update upgrade (upgrade) operation.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37190 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/37575 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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