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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 20, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2009-4358

CVE-2009-4358

Description

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.

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Affected products

6
  • FreeBSD/FreeBSD5 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • FreeBSD/freebsd-updatellm-fuzzy
    Range: 8.0, 7.2, 7.1, 6.4, 6.3

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