Security readout for executives and security teams
A very old flaw in the "angband" game shipped with FreeBSD let someone who already had a login on the system gain higher privileges. Because it required local access and affected a game utility on an operating system version from the late 1990s, business impact today is minimal unless legacy FreeBSD hosts still run this software. Exposure is limited to legacy FreeBSD systems where the angband game port was installed and available to unprivileged users. Modern production environments almost never ship angband, and the affected FreeBSD versions are long past end of life. The sources do not enumerate specific affected versions, so any surviving legacy host would need version verification. Low priority for modern environments. Only relevant if the organization still operates legacy FreeBSD systems with the angband game installed and accessible to local users; in that case, remove or upgrade the package during routine maintenance. Mitigation focus: Remove the angband package from any FreeBSD host where it is not required.; Restrict local shell access on legacy FreeBSD systems to trusted administrators.; Upgrade legacy FreeBSD hosts to a currently supported release..
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