CVE-2005-2218 (GCVE-0-2005-2218)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-07-26 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 22:22
VLAI
Summary
The device file system (devfs) in FreeBSD 5.x does not properly check parameters of the node type when creating a device node, which makes hidden devices available to attackers, who can then bypass restrictions on a jailed process.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14334 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.osvdb.org/18123 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://secunia.com/advisories/16145 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014536 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
Date Public
2005-07-20 00:00
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