CVE - CVE-2007-0166

CVE-ID
CVE-2007-0166	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The jail rc.d script in FreeBSD 5.3 up to 6.2 does not verify pathnames when writing to /var/log/console.log during a jail start-up, or when file systems are mounted or unmounted, which allows local root users to overwrite arbitrary files, or mount/unmount files, outside of the jail via a symlink attack.
References
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BID:22011 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22011 FREEBSD:FreeBSD-SA-07:01 URL:http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:01.jail.asc OSVDB:32726 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/32726~~ (Obsolete source) SECTRACK:1017505 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1017505 SECUNIA:23730 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/23730
Assigning CNA
FreeBSD
Date Record Created
20070109	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20070109)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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