CVEvulnerability

CVE-2006-2655

6.4 MEDIUM Published 2006-06-02 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2006-06-02
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 6.4 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Description

The build process for ypserv in FreeBSD 5.3 up to 6.1 accidentally disables access restrictions when using the /var/yp/securenets file, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.

Affected configurations

• freebsd freebsd 5.3 • freebsd freebsd 5.4 • freebsd freebsd 6.0 • freebsd freebsd 6.1

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/20389 Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:15.ypserv.asc Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016193 securitytracker.com
http://www.osvdb.org/25852 www.osvdb.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18204 Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26792 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/20389 Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:15.ypserv.asc Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016193 securitytracker.com
http://www.osvdb.org/25852 www.osvdb.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18204 Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26792 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com