Description
Multiple symlink vulnerabilities in portupgrade before 20041226_2 in FreeBSD allow local users to (1) overwrite arbitrary files and possibly replace packages to execute arbitrary code via pkg_fetch, (2) overwrite arbitrary files via temporary files when portupgrade upgrades a port or package, or (3) create arbitrary zero-byte files via the pkgdb.fixme temporary file.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/14903
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13106
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/22f00553-a09d-11d9-a788-0001020eed82.html
Scores
EPSS
0.0005
EPSS Percentile
17.0%
Details
Status
published
Products (16)
freebsd/freebsd
4.0 (3 CPE variants)
freebsd/freebsd
4.1
freebsd/freebsd
4.1.1 (3 CPE variants)
freebsd/freebsd
4.2 (2 CPE variants)
freebsd/freebsd
4.3 (5 CPE variants)
freebsd/freebsd
4.4 (4 CPE variants)
freebsd/freebsd
4.5 (5 CPE variants)
freebsd/freebsd
4.6 (5 CPE variants)
freebsd/freebsd
4.6.2
freebsd/freebsd
4.7 (5 CPE variants)
... and 6 more
Published
Apr 12, 2005
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026