Path traversal in FreeBSD - CVE-2024-6759
Published: August 8, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU95540
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-6759
CWE-ID: CWE-22
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 user to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing file names with path separator character (e.g. "/"). A remote user can trick the application to read or write data outside of the NFS mount.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-6759
Install update from vendor's website.