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CVE-2004-0099

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2004-04-07	mksnap_ffs clears file system options

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CVE-2004-0099 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	CVE Entry
Name	CVE-2004-0099

Description

mksnap_ffs in FreeBSD 5.1 and 5.2 only sets the snapshot flag when creating a snapshot for a file system, which causes default values for other flags to be used, possibly disabling security-critical settings and allowing a local user to bypass intended access restrictions.

References

Source	Reference
FREEBSD	FreeBSD-SA-04:01
BID	9533
XF	freebsd-mksnapffs-bypass-security(15005)
OSVDB	3790