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CVE-2001-1029
Published: Sep 1, 2004
Modified: Aug 8, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
libutil in OpenSSH on FreeBSD 4.4 and earlier does not drop privileges before verifying the capabilities for reading the copyright and welcome files, which allows local users to bypass the capabilities checks and read arbitrary files by specifying alternate copyright or welcome files.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
20010920 Local vulnerability in libutil derived with FreeBSD 4.4-RC (and earlier)
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
6073
vdb-entry
x_refsource_OSVDB
bsd-libutil-privilege-dropping(8697)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
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