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CVE-2001-1166 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-01:55.procfs.asc	CVE
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7017.php	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/1938	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3217	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-01:55.procfs.asc	[email protected]
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7017.php	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/1938	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3217	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory

see all 8 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
freebsd freebsd	4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3
CPE cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.3:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 20, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 1, 2004	Initial Analysis	[email protected]