CVEvulnerability

CVE-2004-0099

4.6 MEDIUM Published 2004-03-03 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2004-03-03
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

mksnap_ffs in FreeBSD 5.1 and 5.2 only sets the snapshot flag when creating a snapshot for a file system, which causes default values for other flags to be used, possibly disabling security-critical settings and allowing a local user to bypass intended access restrictions.

Affected configurations

• freebsd freebsd 5.1 • freebsd freebsd 5.2.1

References

ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:01.mksnap_ffs.asc Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/3790 www.osvdb.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9533 Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15005 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:01.mksnap_ffs.asc Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/3790 www.osvdb.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9533 Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15005 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com