CVE-2002-0766

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 v2.0 7.2 HIGH

7.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/271702
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9048.php	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/314963	US Government Resource
http://www.openbsd.org/errata.html#fdalloc2
http://www.osvdb.org/5114
http://www.osvdb.org/5715
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4708

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.1:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2002-08-12 04:00

Updated : 2023-12-10 10:17

NVD link : CVE-2002-0766

Mitre link : CVE-2002-0766

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2002-0766

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Products Affected

openbsd

openbsd

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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