CVE-2001-0196

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Published May 7, 2001 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 1.5% KEV · Not listed

Description

inetd ident server in FreeBSD 4.x and earlier does not properly set group permissions, which allows remote attackers to read the first 16 bytes of files that are accessible by the wheel group.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.5.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.2:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-0196	inetd ident server in FreeBSD 4.x and earlier does not properly set group permissions, which allows remote attackers to read the first 16 bytes of files that are accessible by the wheel group.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.5% (1.539% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-01:11.inetd.v1.1.asc
http://www.osvdb.org/1753
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2324
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6052

History

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Subscriptions

Freebsd Freebsd

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 4:14 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: May 7, 2001, 4:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 4:14 AM
Reserved: Mar 8, 2001, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 9:53 PM

Status: Modified
Published: May 3, 2001, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 9:53 PM

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