CVE-2002-0766 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00175.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Openbsd	Openbsd

Configuration 1 [-]

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:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-0758	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

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

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-04-02T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:03:48.644Z

Reserved: 2002-07-25T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2002-0766

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2002-08-12T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2002-0766

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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