FreeBSD UNIX-domain socket processing Privilege Elevation Vulnerability

Source: Internet
Author: User

Vulnerability title FreeBSD UNIX-domain socket processing Privilege Elevation Vulnerability

Hazard level and high risk

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Release date: 1.01.09.29

Cause of vulnerability design error

Other threats caused by Vulnerabilities

Affected Products

FreeBSD Project FreeBSD 8.1

FreeBSD Project FreeBSD 7.1

Vulnerability description

FreeBSD is a BSD-based open-source operating system. When processing the socket length, a boundary error occurs in the "uipc_bind ()" function (sys/kern/uipc_usrreq.c), which can trigger a buffer overflow. Successful exploitation of the vulnerability allows arbitrary code execution with the "root" privilege.

References

Other: SA46202

Link: http://secunia.com/advisories/46202/

Vulnerability Solution

Users can refer to the following supplier Security announcements to obtain patch information: http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-11:05.unix.asc

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