Vulnerabilities > CVE-2001-1155 - Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in Freebsd 4.1.1/4.2/4.3

047910
CVSS 9.8 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
freebsd
CWE-863
critical

Summary

TCP Wrappers (tcp_wrappers) in FreeBSD 4.1.1 through 4.3 with the PARANOID ACL option enabled does not properly check the result of a reverse DNS lookup, which could allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via DNS spoofing.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Freebsd
11

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)