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CVE-2005-2218

Published: Jul 26, 2005 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2218
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
FreebsdFreebsd5.0 (including)5.0 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd5.0-alpha (including)5.0-alpha (including)
FreebsdFreebsd5.0-release_p14 (including)5.0-release_p14 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd5.0-releng (including)5.0-releng (including)
FreebsdFreebsd5.1 (including)5.1 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd5.1-alpha (including)5.1-alpha (including)
FreebsdFreebsd5.1-release (including)5.1-release (including)
FreebsdFreebsd5.1-release_p5 (including)5.1-release_p5 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd5.1-releng (including)5.1-releng (including)
FreebsdFreebsd5.2 (including)5.2 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd5.2.1 (including)5.2.1 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd5.2.1-release (including)5.2.1-release (including)
FreebsdFreebsd5.2.1-releng (including)5.2.1-releng (including)
FreebsdFreebsd5.3 (including)5.3 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd5.3-release (including)5.3-release (including)
FreebsdFreebsd5.3-releng (including)5.3-releng (including)
FreebsdFreebsd5.3-stable (including)5.3-stable (including)
FreebsdFreebsd5.4 (including)5.4 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd5.4-pre-release (including)5.4-pre-release (including)
FreebsdFreebsd5.4-release (including)5.4-release (including)
FreebsdFreebsd5.4-releng (including)5.4-releng (including)
Kfreebsd-5Ubuntudapper*
Kfreebsd-5Ubuntudevel*
Kfreebsd-5Ubuntuedgy*
Kfreebsd-5Ubuntufeisty*

References

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