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CVE-2002-0766 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/271702 CVE
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9048.php CVEPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/314963 CVEUS Government Resource
http://www.openbsd.org/errata.html#fdalloc2 CVE
http://www.osvdb.org/5114 CVE

see all 14 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
openbsd openbsd
2.9
3.0
3.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2002-0766
NVD Published Date:
Aug 12, 2002
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2002-0766 Details - Not Deferred