CVE-ID

CVE-2002-0820

• CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
FreeBSD kernel 4.6 and earlier closes the file descriptors 0, 1, and 2 after they have already been assigned to /dev/null when the descriptors reference procfs or linprocfs, which could allow local users to reuse the file descriptors in a setuid or setgid program to modify critical data and gain privileges.
References
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Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20020801 Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Proposed (20020830)
Votes (Legacy)
ACCEPT(2) Baker, Cole
NOOP(4) Christey, Cox, Foat, Wall
Comments (Legacy)
 Christey> MISC:http://www.guninski.com/freebsd2.html
 Christey> Other OSes besides FreeBSD are affected.
   
   HP:SSRT0845U
   URL:http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=104800750626108&w=2
   
   CERT-VN:VU#809347
   Need to more closely examine the relationship between
   CVE-2002-0820 and CVE-2002-0572, especially with respect to
   references.

Proposed (Legacy)
20020830
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