CVE-2001-1166 Information

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.

Reference

ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-01:55.procfs.asc http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7017.php http://www.osvdb.org/1938 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3217