CVE-2002-0766
First published: Mon Aug 12 2002(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Openbsd Openbsd | =3.1 | |
| Openbsd Openbsd | =2.9 | |
| Openbsd Openbsd | =3.0 |
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