CVE-2001-0378

Published: Jun 27, 2001Modified: Apr 16, 2026

2.1

Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

Description

readline prior to 4.1, in OpenBSD 2.8 and earlier, creates history files with insecure permissions, which allows a local attacker to recover potentially sensitive information via readline history files.

Affected (1)

Products: Openbsd: Openbsd

Openbsd

1 product

Openbsd

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Openbsd Openbsd	Up to 2.8

References (6)

ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/024_readline.patch (unsafe URL)

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://www.osvdb.org/5680

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6586

Source: cve@mitre.org

ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/024_readline.patch (unsafe URL)

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch

http://www.osvdb.org/5680

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6586

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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