Buffer overflow in FreeBSD - CVE-2011-4062
Published: October 18, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44600
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:P/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-4062
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: FreeBSD Foundation
Affected software:
FreeBSD
FreeBSD
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Buffer overflow in the kernel in FreeBSD 7.3 through 9.0-RC1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly gain privileges via a bind system call with a long pathname for a UNIX socket.
How to mitigate CVE-2011-4062
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46202
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46564
- http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-11:05.unix.asc
- http://security.freebsd.org/patches/SA-11:05/unix2.patch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2325
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17908
- http://www.osvdb.org/75788
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49862
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026106