CVE-2025-0374 (GCVE-0-2025-0374)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-01-30 04:49 – Updated: 2025-02-07 17:02
VLAI
Title
Unprivileged access to system files
Summary
When etcupdate encounters conflicts while merging files, it saves a version containing conflict markers in /var/db/etcupdate/conflicts. This version does not preserve the mode of the input file, and is world-readable. This applies to files that would normally have restricted visibility, such as /etc/master.passwd. An unprivileged local user may be able to read encrypted root and user passwords from the temporary master.passwd file created in /var/db/etcupdate/conflicts. This is possible only when conflicts within the password file arise during an update, and the unprotected file is deleted when conflicts are resolved.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-05 15:41 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-732 - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
Assigner
freebsd CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard D 60/100 over 61 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
FreeBSD FreeBSD Affected: 14.2-RELEASE , < p1 (release)
Affected: 14.1-RELEASE , < p7 (release)
Affected: 13.4-RELEASE , < p3 (release)
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Date Public
2025-01-29 21:45
Credits
Christos Chatzaras
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