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CVE-2009-4358

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freebsd-update in FreeBSD 8.0, 7.2, 7.1, 6.4, and 6.3 uses insecure permissions in its working directory (/var/db/freebsd-update by default), which allows local users to read copies of sensitive files after a (1) freebsd-update fetch (fetch) or (2) freebsd-update upgrade (upgrade) operation.

Date published : 2009-12-19

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37190

http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-09:17.freebsd-update.asc

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