CVE-2017-1087

HIGH

FreeBSD 10.x - Path Traversal via POSIX Shared Memory

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In FreeBSD 10.x before 10.4-STABLE, 10.4-RELEASE-p3, and 10.3-RELEASE-p24 named paths are globally scoped, meaning a process located in one jail can read and modify the content of POSIX shared memory objects created by a process in another jail or the host system. As a result, a malicious user that has access to a jailed system is able to abuse shared memory by injecting malicious content in the shared memory region. This memory region might be executed by applications trusting the shared memory, like Squid. This issue could lead to a Denial of Service or local privilege escalation.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101867
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039810
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_freebsd
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-17:09.shm.asc

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 16.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (2)
freebsd/freebsd
FreeBSD/FreeBSD FreeBSD 10.x
Published Nov 16, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026