PT-1996-1064 · Freebsd · Freebsd

Published 1996-05-23 · Updated 2017-12-19 · CVE-1999-1313

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FreeBSD versions 2.2 and earlier

Description The manual page reader (man) in the affected versions allows local users to gain privileges via a sequence of commands.

Recommendations For versions 2.2 and earlier, update to a version later than 2.2 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1313

Affected Products

Freebsd

References · 4

• ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/old/FreeBSD-SA-96:11.man.asc · Vendor Advisory
• http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/g-24.shtml · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1313 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7348 · Note