CVE-2009-4358 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2009-12-20

Score: 4.7 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:8.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2009-4326	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00046.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/37575
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-09:17.freebsd-update.asc
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37190

History

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Subscriptions

Freebsd Freebsd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-12-20T02:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T18:55:18.732Z

Reserved: 2009-12-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-4358

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-12-20T02:30:00.547

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-4358

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-264

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