#VU95540 Path traversal in FreeBSD - CVE-2024-6759

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#VU95540 Path traversal in FreeBSD - CVE-2024-6759

Published: August 8, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU95540
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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
Vulnerable software:
FreeBSD
Software vendor:
FreeBSD Foundation

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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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