Vulnerability in Openbsd

CVE-2006-0098

The dupfdopen function in sys/kern/kern_descrip.c in OpenBSD 3.7 and 3.8 allows local users to re-open arbitrary files by using setuid programs to access file descriptors using /dev/fd/.

EPSS: 0.003 (23.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Openbsd — versions 3.7, 3.8
  • N/a — versions n/a

References