CVE-2007-0166 (GCVE-0-2007-0166)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-01-11 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 12:12
VLAI
Summary
The jail rc.d script in FreeBSD 5.3 up to 6.2 does not verify pathnames when writing to /var/log/console.log during a jail start-up, or when file systems are mounted or unmounted, which allows local root users to overwrite arbitrary files, or mount/unmount files, outside of the jail via a symlink attack.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
5 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22011 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://osvdb.org/32726 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1017505 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23730 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
Date Public
2007-01-11 00:00
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