CVE-2001-1166

medium

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.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3217

http://www.osvdb.org/1938

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7017.php

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2001-08-21

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N