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CVE-2004-2012

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CVE-2004-2012

Published: May 10, 2005

Modified: Aug 8, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The systrace_exit function in the systrace utility for NetBSD-current and 2.0 before April 16, 2004, and certain FreeBSD ports, does not verify the owner of the /dec/systrace connection before setting euid to 0, which allows local users to gain root privileges.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

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affected
n/a

References

10320
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
systrace-gain-privileges(16110)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
11585
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA

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