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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.66355
Category:FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Title:FreeBSD Security Advisory (FreeBSD-SA-09:17.freebsd.asc)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update to the system; as announced in the referenced advisory FreeBSD-SA-09:17.freebsd.asc
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to the system
as announced in the referenced advisory FreeBSD-SA-09:17.freebsd.asc

Vulnerability Insight:
The freebsd-update(8) utility is used to fetch, install, and rollback
updates to the FreeBSD base system, and also to upgrade from one FreeBSD
release to another.

When downloading updates to FreeBSD via 'freebsd-update fetch' or
'freebsd-update upgrade', the freebsd-update(8) utility copies currently
installed files into its working directory (/var/db/freebsd-update by
default) both for the purpose of merging changes to configuration files
and in order to be able to roll back installed updates.

The default working directory used by freebsd-update(8) is normally
created during the installation of FreeBSD with permissions which allow
all local users to see its contents, and freebsd-update(8) does not take
any steps to restrict access to files stored in said directory.

Solution:
Upgrade your system to the appropriate stable release
or security branch dated after the correction date.

CVSS Score:
4.7

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-4358
BugTraq ID: 37190
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37190
FreeBSD Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-09:17
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-09:17.freebsd-update.asc
http://secunia.com/advisories/37575
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