CVE-2001-1029

Low

Description

libutil in OpenSSH on FreeBSD 4.4 and earlier does not drop privileges before verifying the capabilities for reading the copyright and welcome files, which allows local users to bypass the capabilities checks and read arbitrary files by specifying alternate copyright or welcome files.

SeverityLow
CVSS2.1
Exploit probability—
ProductOpenbsd Openssh
PublishedSep 20, 2001
First seenSep 20, 2001

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
openbsd openssh4.5—
freebsd freebsdv ≤ 4.4—

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