| Vulnerability Name: | CVE-2002-0766 (CCN-9048) | ||||||||
| Assigned: | 2002-05-09 | ||||||||
| Published: | 2002-05-09 | ||||||||
| Updated: | 2008-09-10 | ||||||||
| Summary: | OpenBSD 2.9 through 3.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) and gain root privileges by filling the kernel's file descriptor table and closing file descriptors 0, 1, or 2 before executing a privileged process, which is not properly handled when OpenBSD fails to open an alternate descriptor. | ||||||||
| CVSS v3 Severity: | 9.3 Critical (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
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| CVSS v2 Severity: | 7.2 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
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| Vulnerability Type: | CWE-Other | ||||||||
| Vulnerability Consequences: | Denial of Service | ||||||||
| References: | Source: CCN Type: BugTraq Mailing List, Thu May 09 2002 - 08:11:31 CDT OpenBSD local DoS and root exploit Source: CCN Type: BugTraq Mailing List, Thu May 09 2002 - 10:27:40 CDT Re: OpenBSD local DoS and root exploit Source: CCN Type: SCO Security Advisory CSSA-2002-SCO.43 closed file descriptor race vulnerability Source: MITRE Type: CNA CVE-2002-0766 Source: BUGTRAQ Type: UNKNOWN 20020509 OpenBSD local DoS and root exploit Source: XF Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory openbsd-file-descriptor-dos(9048) Source: CCN Type: US-CERT VU#314963 OpenBSD kernel fails to properly check closed file descriptors 0-2 when running setuid program Source: CERT-VN Type: US Government Resource VU#314963 Source: CCN Type: OpenBSD 3.1 errata 003: SECURITY FIX: May 8, 2002 Source: OPENBSD Type: UNKNOWN 20020508 003: SECURITY FIX: May 8, 2002 Source: CCN Type: OpenBSD 2.9 errata 026: SECURITY FIX: May 8, 2002 Source: CCN Type: OpenBSD 3.0 errata 021: SECURITY FIX: May 8, 2002 Source: OSVDB Type: UNKNOWN 5114 Source: OSVDB Type: UNKNOWN 5715 Source: CCN Type: OSVDB ID: 5114 OpenBSD Kernel File Descriptor Table DoS Source: CCN Type: OSVDB ID: 5715 OpenBSD Kernel File Descriptor Table Privilege Escalation Source: BID Type: UNKNOWN 4708 Source: CCN Type: BID-4708 Multiple Vendor exec C Library Standard I/O File Descriptor Race Condition Vulnerability Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN openbsd-file-descriptor-dos(9048) | ||||||||
| Vulnerable Configuration: | Configuration 1: Configuration CCN 1:  Denotes that component is vulnerable | ||||||||
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