CVE-2001-0196 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2001-0196

inetd ident server in FreeBSD 4.x and earlier does not...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

freebsd
Vulnerable Versions:
3.5, 3.5.1, 4.1.1, 4.2

Timeline

Official Publish: May 7th, 2001
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

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Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.