PT-2002-1848 · Freebsd · Freebsd

Published 2002-08-12 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-2002-0829

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 4.6.1 RELEASE-p4 and earlier

Description: The issue is related to an integer overflow in the Berkeley Fast File System (FFS) that allows local users to access arbitrary file contents within FFS to gain privileges. This is achieved by creating a file that exceeds the size allowed by the virtual memory system.

Recommendations: For versions 4.6.1 RELEASE-p4 and earlier, update to a version that addresses the integer overflow issue in the Berkeley Fast File System (FFS).

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-0829

Affected Products

Freebsd

References · 5

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102865404413458&w=2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0829 · Security Note
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/9771.php · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/5399 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/5073 · Note