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CVE-2006-0098

The dupfdopen function in sys/kern/kern_descrip.c in OpenBSD 3.7 and 3.8 allows local users to re-open arbitrary files by using setuid programs to access file descriptors using /dev/fd/.

Published

2006-01-06T11:03:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.6 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	openbsd	openbsd	3.7	Yes
Operating System	openbsd	openbsd	3.8	Yes

References

ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.7/common/008_fd.patch Patch ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/18296 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015437 ([email protected])
http://www.openbsd.org/errata37.html#fd Patch ([email protected])
http://www.osvdb.org/22231 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16144 Patch ([email protected])
ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.7/common/008_fd.patch Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/18296 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015437 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openbsd.org/errata37.html#fd Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.osvdb.org/22231 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16144 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)