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CVE-2005-2218

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2005-08-05 devfs -- ruleset bypass

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CVE-2005-2218 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2005-2218
Phase Assigned(20050712)

Description

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.

References

Source Reference
FREEBSD FreeBSD-SA-05:17
BID 14334
OSVDB 18123
SECTRACK 1014536
SECUNIA 16145
XF freebsd-devfs-gain-privileges(21451)

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