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FreeBSD Ports: cdrdao

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

FreeBSD Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.2

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

7 years ago

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Summary

The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.

Insight

Insight

The following package is affected: cdrdao A privilege escalation attack in cdrdao allows a local user to gain root access if cdrdao is setuid root. The default configuration is not vulnerable, since the default is to NOT have this software installed as setuid root.

Solution

Solution

Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades, or ensure that cdrdao is not setuid root. http://secunia.com/advisories/15354/ http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=466399 http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/d51a7e6e-c546-11d9-9aed-000e0c2e438a.html