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CVE-2001-0196

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-05-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

inetd ident server in FreeBSD 4.x and earlier does not properly set group permissions, which allows remote attackers to read the first 16 bytes of files that are accessible by the wheel group.

Affected products

• FreeBSD: 3.5, 3.5.1, 4.1.1, 4.2

References

• http://www.osvdb.org/1753
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2324
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6052
• http://www.osvdb.org/1753
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2324
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6052

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