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CVE-2005-2218 Details

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.

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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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:17.devfs.asc	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/16145	CVE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014536	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21451	CVE
http://www.osvdb.org/18123	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14334	CVE
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:17.devfs.asc	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/16145	[email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014536	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21451	[email protected]
http://www.osvdb.org/18123	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14334	[email protected]

see all 12 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
freebsd freebsd	5.0 5.0 alpha 5.0 release_p14 5.0 releng 5.1
CPE cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:alpha:::::: cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:release_p14:::::: cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:releng:::::: cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:alpha:::::: cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:release:::::: cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:release_p5:::::: cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:releng:::::: cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.2.1:release:::::: cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.2.1:releng:::::: cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.3:release:::::: cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.3:releng:::::: cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.3:stable:::::: cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.4:pre-release:::::: cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.4:release:::::: cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.4:releng:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

freebsd freebsd

5.0

5.0 alpha

5.0 release_p14

5.0 releng

5.1

CPE

cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:release_p14:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:release_p5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.2.1:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.2.1:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.3:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.3:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.3:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.4:pre-release:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.4:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.4:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 20, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 27, 2005	Initial Analysis	[email protected]