About “FreeBSD”

A curated feed of “FreeBSD”-related CVEs appears below. We currently track 425 CVEs for this tag (all time). In the last 365 days, 9 were published. Average CVSS is 6.3 (all time; 7.4 over 365d), and 49% are rated High/Critical (all time). Top CWEs (last 365 days): CWE-88 - Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection'), CWE-307 - Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts, CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection').

In our taxonomy this topic maps to a MODERATE impact class. Issues here typically affect operating system packages or kernels. Plan reboots or service restarts and coordinate rollouts across fleets. Use the filters below to sort by CVSS, risk and CWE. Each detail page highlights vendor advisories and mitigation tips.

CVEs tagged with this topic. Filters apply to the whole list (loaded from JSON).

CVSS ≥ 0.0
2001-08-21
Medium

CVE-2001-1166

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 pro…

2001-08-17
Medium

CVE-2001-1145

fts routines in FreeBSD 4.3 and earlier, NetBSD before 1.5.2, and OpenBSD 2.9 and earlier can be forced to change (chdir) into a different directory than intended when the directory above the current…

2001-07-10
High

CVE-2001-1180

FreeBSD 4.3 does not properly clear shared signal handlers when executing a process, which allows local users to gain privileges by calling rfork with a shared signal handler, having the child proces…

2001-06-27
Medium

CVE-2001-0469

rwho daemon rwhod in FreeBSD 4.2 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed packets with a short length.

2001-06-18
Medium

CVE-2001-0371

Race condition in the UFS and EXT2FS file systems in FreeBSD 4.2 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, makes deleted data available to user processes before it is zeroed out, which allow…

2001-06-02
Medium

CVE-2001-0230

Buffer overflow in dc20ctrl before 0.4_1 in FreeBSD, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to gain privileges.

Low

CVE-2001-0310

sort in FreeBSD 4.1.1 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, uses predictable temporary file names and does not properly handle when the temporary file already exists, which causes sort t…

2001-05-03
Medium

CVE-2001-0196

inetd ident server in FreeBSD 4.x and earlier does not properly set group permissions, which allows remote attackers to read the first 16 bytes of files that are accessible by the wheel group.

2001-03-26
High

CVE-2001-0183

ipfw and ip6fw in FreeBSD 4.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass access restrictions by setting the ECE flag in a TCP packet, which makes the packet appear to be part of an established con…

2001-03-12
Low

CVE-2000-0375

The kernel in FreeBSD 3.2 follows symbolic links when it creates core dump files, which allows local attackers to modify arbitrary files.

2001-02-16
Low

CVE-2000-0890

periodic in FreeBSD 4.1.1 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

2001-02-12
High

CVE-2001-0061

procfs in FreeBSD and possibly other operating systems does not properly restrict access to per-process mem and ctl files, which allows local users to gain root privileges by forking a child process…

Low

CVE-2001-0062

procfs in FreeBSD and possibly other operating systems allows local users to cause a denial of service by calling mmap on the process' own mem file, which causes the kernel to hang.

High

CVE-2001-0063

procfs in FreeBSD and possibly other operating systems allows local users to bypass access control restrictions for a jail environment and gain additional privileges.

High

CVE-2001-0093

Vulnerability in telnetd in FreeBSD 1.5 allows local users to gain root privileges by modifying critical environmental variables that affect the behavior of telnetd.

High

CVE-2001-0094

Buffer overflow in kdc_reply_cipher of libkrb (Kerberos 4 authentication library) in NetBSD 1.5 and FreeBSD 4.2 and earlier, as used in Kerberised applications such as telnetd and login, allows local…

2001-01-09
High

CVE-2000-1167

ppp utility in FreeBSD 4.1.1 and earlier does not properly restrict access as specified by the "nat deny_incoming" command, which allows remote attackers to connect to the target system.

Medium

CVE-2000-1184

telnetd in FreeBSD 4.2 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by specifying an arbitrary large file in the TERMCAP environmental varia…

2000-12-19
Medium

CVE-2000-0915

fingerd in FreeBSD 4.1.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by specifying the target file name instead of a regular user name.

High

CVE-2000-0916

FreeBSD 4.1.1 and earlier, and possibly other BSD-based OSes, uses an insufficient random number generator to generate initial TCP sequence numbers (ISN), which allows remote attackers to spoof TCP c…

2000-12-11
High

CVE-2000-1011

Buffer overflow in catopen() function in FreeBSD 5.0 and earlier, and possibly other OSes, allows local users to gain root privileges via a long environmental variable.

High

CVE-2000-1012

The catopen function in FreeBSD 5.0 and earlier, and possibly other OSes, allows local users to read arbitrary files via the LANG environmental variable.

High

CVE-2000-1013

The setlocale function in FreeBSD 5.0 and earlier, and possibly other OSes, allows local users to read arbitrary files via the LANG environmental variable.

Medium

CVE-2000-1066

The getnameinfo function in FreeBSD 4.1.1 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a long DNS hostname.

2000-11-14
High

CVE-2000-0852

Multiple buffer overflows in eject on FreeBSD and possibly other OSes allows local users to gain root privileges.

2000-10-20
Low

CVE-2000-0729

FreeBSD 5.x, 4.x, and 3.x allows local users to cause a denial of service by executing a program with a malformed ELF image header.

High

CVE-2000-0749

Buffer overflow in the Linux binary compatibility module in FreeBSD 3.x through 5.x allows local users to gain root privileges via long filenames in the linux shadow file system.

High

CVE-2000-0752

Buffer overflows in brouted in FreeBSD and possibly other OSes allows local users to gain root privileges via long command line arguments.

2000-09-16
High

CVE-1999-0761

Buffer overflow in FreeBSD fts library routines allows local user to modify arbitrary files via the periodic program.

2000-06-12
Medium

CVE-2000-0535

OpenSSL 0.9.4 and OpenSSH for FreeBSD do not properly check for the existence of the /dev/random or /dev/urandom devices, which are absent on FreeBSD Alpha systems, which causes them to produce weak…

2000-06-07
High

CVE-2000-0532

A FreeBSD patch for SSH on 2000-01-14 configures ssh to listen on port 722 as well as port 22, which might allow remote attackers to access SSH through port 722 even if port 22 is otherwise filtered.

Medium

CVE-2000-0534

The apsfilter software in the FreeBSD ports package does not properly read user filter configurations, which allows local users to execute commands as the lpd user.

2000-05-09
Low

CVE-2000-0387

The makelev program in the golddig game from the FreeBSD ports collection allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files.

2000-04-10
High

CVE-2000-0294

Buffer overflow in healthd for FreeBSD allows local users to gain root privileges.

2000-02-21
Medium

CVE-2000-0163

asmon and ascpu in FreeBSD allow local users to gain root privileges via a configuration file.

2000-01-01
High

CVE-1999-0964

Buffer overflow in FreeBSD setlocale in the libc module allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long PATH_LOCALE environment variable.

1999-12-31
Medium

CVE-1999-1339

Vulnerability when Network Address Translation (NAT) is enabled in Linux 2.2.10 and earlier with ipchains, or FreeBSD 3.2 with ipfw, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic…

1999-12-22
High

CVE-2000-0018

wmmon in FreeBSD allows local users to gain privileges via the .wmmonrc configuration file.

1999-12-01
Medium

CVE-1999-0820

FreeBSD seyon allows users to gain privileges via a modified PATH variable for finding the xterm and seyon-emu commands.

Medium

CVE-1999-0823

Buffer overflow in FreeBSD xmindpath allows local users to gain privileges via -f argument.

Medium

CVE-1999-0826

Buffer overflow in FreeBSD angband allows local users to gain privileges.

High

CVE-1999-0855

Buffer overflow in FreeBSD gdc program.

Low

CVE-1999-0857

FreeBSD gdc program allows local users to modify files via a symlink attack.

High

CVE-1999-0963

FreeBSD mount_union command allows local users to gain root privileges via a symlink attack.

1999-11-08
Medium

CVE-1999-0821

FreeBSD seyon allows local users to gain privileges by providing a malicious program in the -emulator argument.

Medium

CVE-1999-0863

Buffer overflow in FreeBSD seyon via HOME environmental variable, -emulator argument, -modems argument, or the GUI.

1999-09-22
Low

CVE-1999-0912

FreeBSD VFS cache (vfs_cache) allows local users to cause a denial of service by opening a large number of files.

1999-09-05
Low

CVE-2000-0489

FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD allow an attacker to cause a denial of service by creating a large number of socket pairs using the socketpair function, setting a large buffer size via setsockopt, then…

1999-09-02
Low

CVE-1999-1564

FreeBSD 3.2 and possibly other versions allows a local user to cause a denial of service (panic) with a large number accesses of an NFS v3 mounted directory from a large number of processes.

1998-12-04
Critical

CVE-1999-0798

Buffer overflow in bootpd on OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and Linux systems via a malformed header type.

1998-11-04
High

CVE-1999-0052

IP fragmentation denial of service in FreeBSD allows a remote attacker to cause a crash.

1998-10-13
Medium

CVE-1999-0053

TCP RST denial of service in FreeBSD.

1998-06-16
Medium

CVE-1999-0783

FreeBSD allows local users to conduct a denial of service by creating a hard link from a device special file to a file on an NFS file system.

1998-05-01
High

CVE-1999-0796

FreeBSD T/TCP Extensions for Transactions can be subjected to spoofing attacks.

1998-02-20
Critical

CVE-1999-0323

FreeBSD mmap function allows users to modify append-only or immutable files.

1998-02-01
Medium

CVE-1999-0305

The system configuration control (sysctl) facility in BSD based operating systems OpenBSD 2.2 and earlier, and FreeBSD 2.2.5 and earlier, does not properly restrict source routed packets even when th…

1997-10-29
Low

CVE-1999-0322

The open() function in FreeBSD allows local attackers to write to arbitrary files.

1997-04-07
High

CVE-1999-1298

Sysinstall in FreeBSD 2.2.1 and earlier, when configuring anonymous FTP, creates the ftp user without a password and with /bin/date as the shell, which could allow attackers to gain access to certain…

1997-03-05
Critical

CVE-1999-0299

Buffer overflow in FreeBSD lpd through long DNS hostnames.

1996-12-19
High

CVE-1999-1385

Buffer overflow in ppp program in FreeBSD 2.1 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a long HOME environment variable.

1996-07-16
High

CVE-1999-1301

A design flaw in the Z-Modem protocol allows the remote sender of a file to execute arbitrary programs on the client, as implemented in rz in the rzsz module of FreeBSD before 2.1.5, and possibly oth…

Low

CVE-1999-1572

cpio on FreeBSD 2.1.0, Debian GNU/Linux 3.0, and possibly other operating systems, uses a 0 umask when creating files using the -O (archive) or -F options, which creates the files with mode 0666 and…

1996-05-23
Medium

CVE-1999-1313

Manual page reader (man) in FreeBSD 2.2 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a sequence of commands.

1996-05-17
Low

CVE-1999-1314

Vulnerability in union file system in FreeBSD 2.2 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system reload) via a series of certain mount_unio…

1990-05-09
High

CVE-2000-0388

Buffer overflow in FreeBSD libmytinfo library allows local users to execute commands via a long TERMCAP environmental variable.