Vulnerability in Freebsd

CVE-2005-2218

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.

EPSS: 0.004 (30.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Freebsd — versions 5.0, 5.1, 5.2
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)