CVE-2009-4358

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.7 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-12-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

freebsd-update in FreeBSD 8.0, 7.2, 7.1, 6.4, and 6.3 uses insecure permissions in its working directory (/var/db/freebsd-update by default), which allows local users to read copies of sensitive files after a (1) freebsd-update fetch (fetch) or (2) freebsd-update upgrade (upgrade) operation.

Affected products

FreeBSD: 6.3, 6.4, 7.1, 7.2, 8.0

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/37575
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-09:17.freebsd-update.asc
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37190
http://secunia.com/advisories/37575
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-09:17.freebsd-update.asc
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37190

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