Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 18, 2011· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2011-4062
CVE-2011-4062
Description
Buffer overflow in the kernel in FreeBSD 7.3 through 9.0-RC1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly gain privileges via a bind system call with a long pathname for a UNIX socket.
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Affected products
8cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:9.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:9.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:9.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 7.3 to 9.0-RC1
Patches
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References
9- security.freebsd.org/patches/SA-11:05/unix2.patchnvdPatch
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17908nvdExploit
- secunia.com/advisories/46202nvdVendor Advisory
- security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-11:05.unix.ascnvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/46564nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2325nvd
- www.osvdb.org/75788nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/49862nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
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