Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in FreeBSD - CVE-2015-1416
Published: February 5, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37563
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1416
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: FreeBSD Foundation
Affected software:
FreeBSD
FreeBSD
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Larry Wall's patch; patch in FreeBSD 10.2-RC1 before 10.2-RC1-p1, 10.2 before 10.2-BETA2-p2, and 10.1 before 10.1-RELEASE-p16; Bitrig; GNU patch before 2.2.5; and possibly other patch variants allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via a crafted patch file.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-1416
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/30/9
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/01/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/02/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/02/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76116
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033110
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-15:14.bsdpatch.asc