Vulnerability in FreeBSD
CVE-2006-2655
The build process for ypserv in FreeBSD 5.3 up to 6.1 accidentally disables access restrictions when using the /var/yp/securenets file, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.015 (73.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 73.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- FreeBSD — versions 5.3, 5.4, 6.0
References
- www.osvdb.org/25852 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/20389 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26792 (vdb-entry)
- security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:15.ypserv.asc (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/18204 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)