CVE-1999-1298

Sysinstall in FreeBSD 2.2.1 and earlier, when configuring anonymous FTP, creates the ftp user without a password and with /bin/date as the shell, which could allow attackers to gain access to certain system resources.

CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/old/FreeBSD-SA-97:03.sysinstall.asc	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7537.php
http://www.osvdb.org/6087

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 1997-04-07 04:00

Updated : 2008-09-10 19:01

NVD link : CVE-1999-1298

Mitre link : CVE-1999-1298

CVE.ORG link : CVE-1999-1298

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Products Affected

freebsd

freebsd

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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