SB2018020515 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in FreeBSD
Published: February 5, 2018 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018020515
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1416)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Larry Wall's patch; patch in FreeBSD 10.2-RC1 before 10.2-RC1-p1, 10.2 before 10.2-BETA2-p2, and 10.1 before 10.1-RELEASE-p16; Bitrig; GNU patch before 2.2.5; and possibly other patch variants allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via a crafted patch file.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/30/9
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/01/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/02/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/02/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76116
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033110
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-15:14.bsdpatch.asc