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CVE-2005-2218

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
26/07/2005
Last modified:
03/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
7.20
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
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:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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