CVE-2001-1166 Information disclosure in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 25 Jun 2002 Updated 8 Aug 2024

A local attacker with debugging rights can read restricted kernel memory from privileged processes in FreeBSD.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2001-1166?

CVE-2001-1166 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freebsd Freebsd, published on 25 Jun 2002. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

linprocfs on FreeBSD 4.3 and earlier does not properly restrict access to kernel memory, which allows one process with debugging rights on a privileged process to read restricted memory from that process.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-1166?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Freebsd Freebsd.

How do I fix CVE-2001-1166?

No fix has been published for CVE-2001-1166 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2001-1166 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-1166 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-4294-5ggf-cc4h.