CVE-2009-4358
N/A
Published: December 20, 2009 at 02:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:13 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFreeBSD
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
freebsd-update in FreeBSD 8.0, 7.2, 7.1, 6.4, and 6.3 uses insecure permissions in its working directory (/var/db/freebsd-update by default), which allows local users to read copies of sensitive files after a (1) freebsd-update fetch (fetch) or (2) freebsd-update upgrade (upgrade) operation.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/37575Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
Source: [email protected]
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-09:17.freebsd-update.ascQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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