SB2021040701 - Race condition in FreeBSD
Published: April 7, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021040701
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-25584)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition between lookup of ".." and remounting a filesystem. A local administrator can change the root directory outside of the jail and gain full read and write access to all files and directories in the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.