FreeBSD kernel 4.6 and earlier closes the file descriptors 0, 1, and 2 after they have already been assigned to /dev/null when the descriptors reference procfs or linprocfs, which could allow local users to reuse the file descriptors in a setuid or setgid program to modify critical data and gain privileges.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-08-02T04:00:00

Updated: 2016-10-17T13:57:01

Reserved: 2002-08-01T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2002-0820

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-08-12T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2016-10-18T02:22:10.043


Link: CVE-2002-0820

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