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CVE-2005-2218

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.

Published

2005-07-26T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.2 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.0 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.0 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.0 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.0 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.1 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.1 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.1 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.1 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.1 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.2 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.2.1 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.2.1 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.2.1 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.3 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.3 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.3 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.3 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.4 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.4 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.4 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.4 Yes
References