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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 avail…

Impact

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 products

VendorProductAffected versions
FreebsdFreebsd
Versions 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 5.2.1, 5.3, 5.4

References