Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 12, 2002· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2002-0766
CVE-2002-0766
Description
OpenBSD 2.9 through 3.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) and gain root privileges by filling the kernel's file descriptor table and closing file descriptors 0, 1, or 2 before executing a privileged process, which is not properly handled when OpenBSD fails to open an alternate descriptor.
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References
7- www.iss.net/security_center/static/9048.phpnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/314963nvdUS Government Resource
- online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/271702nvd
- www.openbsd.org/errata.htmlnvd
- www.osvdb.org/5114nvd
- www.osvdb.org/5715nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/4708nvd
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