Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 21, 2001· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2001-1166
CVE-2001-1166
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.
Affected products
6Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- www.iss.net/security_center/static/7017.phpnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/3217nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-01:55.procfs.ascnvd
- www.osvdb.org/1938nvd
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