CVE-2011-4062

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-4062
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerfreebsd
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-10-18 01:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionBuffer 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.3 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.4 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 8.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 8.2 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.0 beta1 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.0 beta2 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.0 beta3 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
FreeBSD UNIX Domain Socket Handling Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-11:05.unix.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.freebsd.org Vendor Advisory
FreeBSD UNIX-Domain Socket Buffer Overflow Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
www.osvdb.org/75788 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2325-1 kfreebsd-8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
security.freebsd.org/patches/SA-11:05/unix2.patch af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.freebsd.org Patch
FreeBSD UNIX Domain Socket Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabiity af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
FreeBSD UIPC socket heap overflow proof-of-concept af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Exploit
Security Advisory SA46564 - Debian update for kfreebsd-8 - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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