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CVE-2001-1029

LOW CVSS: 2.1 Published: 2001-09-20 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

libutil in OpenSSH on FreeBSD 4.4 and earlier does not drop privileges before verifying the capabilities for reading the copyright and welcome files, which allows local users to bypass the capabilities checks and read arbitrary files by specifying alternate copyright or welcome files.

Affected Platforms

Freebsd FreebsdOpenbsd Openssh

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References