#VU42700 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in FreeBSD - CVE-2013-4851 

 

#VU42700 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in FreeBSD - CVE-2013-4851

Published: July 29, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU42700
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4851
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
FreeBSD
Software vendor:
FreeBSD Foundation

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

The vfs_hang_addrlist function in sys/kern/vfs_export.c in the NFS server implementation in the kernel in FreeBSD 8.3 and 9.x through 9.1-RELEASE-p5 controls authorization for host/subnet export entries on the basis of group information sent by the client, which allows remote attackers to bypass file permissions on NFS filesystems via crafted requests.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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