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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.59%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.59% probability · 46th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- openbsd/openbsd
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/271702
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9048.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/314963US 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
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/271702
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9048.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/314963US 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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.