PT-2000-1923 · Freebsd · Freebsd

Published 2000-12-11 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2000-1013

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 versions 5.0 and earlier

Description The issue allows local users to read arbitrary files. This is achieved through the setlocale function and the LANG environmental variable.

Recommendations For versions 5.0 and earlier, consider restricting access to the setlocale function until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the LANG environmental variable to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2000-1013

Affected Products

Freebsd

References · 2

• ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:53.catopen.asc · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-1013 · Security Note