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FreeBSD ypserv Inoperative Access Controls Security Issue
Secunia Advisory: SA20389
Release Date: 2006-06-01
Popularity: 6,033 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:FreeBSD 5.x
FreeBSD 6.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-2655


Description:
A security issue has been reported in FreeBSD, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.

The problem is caused due to an error in ypserv as the "securenets" mechanism for restricting access to NIS maps is disabled.

Solution:
Update FreeBSD or apply patches.

Fixed versions:
2006-05-31 22:31:21 UTC (RELENG_6, 6.1-STABLE)
2006-05-31 22:31:42 UTC (RELENG_6_1, 6.1-RELEASE-p1)
2006-05-31 22:32:04 UTC (RELENG_6_0, 6.0-RELEASE-p8)
2006-05-31 22:32:22 UTC (RELENG_5, 5.5-STABLE)
2006-05-31 22:32:49 UTC (RELENG_5_5, 5.5-RELEASE-p1)
2006-05-31 22:33:17 UTC (RELENG_5_4, 5.4-RELEASE-p15)
2006-05-31 22:33:41 UTC (RELENG_5_3, 5.3-RELEASE-p30)

Patch for FreeBSD 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 6.0, and 6.1:
http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-06:15/ypserv.patch
http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-06:15/ypserv.patch.asc

Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits Hokan.

Original Advisory:
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:15.ypserv.asc


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