PT-2000-1684 · Freebsd · Freebsd

Published 2000-10-20 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2000-0752

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FreeBSD (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to buffer overflows in the brouted component, which can be exploited by local users to gain root privileges. This is achieved by providing long command line arguments.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2000-0752

Affected Products

Freebsd

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0752 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/1629 · Vendor Advisory
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2000-08/0339.html · Vendor Advisory