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    Is pfSense vulnerable to netUSB hack?

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    • PudantaineP Offline
      Pudantaine
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      Was listening to Steve Gibson today and he got me concerned. Is pfSense v2.5.2 vulnerable to the netUSB hack? Since it is NetBSD, I would think not.

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      • NollipfSenseN Offline
        NollipfSense @Pudantaine
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        @pudantaine What's that netUSB...a BSDOS that's meant to run on a USB drive?

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          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @Pudantaine
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          @pudantaine is the netusb.ko even on your system - it isn't on mine..

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            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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            @pudantaine said in Is pfSense vulnerable to netUSB hack?:

            netUSB

            You mean this?: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-45608

            pfSense is built on FreeBSD not NetBSD but neither would be affected by a issue in a Linux kernel module.

            Steve

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            • PudantaineP Offline
              Pudantaine @stephenw10
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              Thanks for the reply Steven. Yes that is the hack I was referring to. Good to know it is not a concern in pfSense. Sorry for the newbie "BSD" reference.

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