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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 26, 2005· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2005-2218

CVE-2005-2218

Description

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.

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Affected products

22
  • FreeBSD/FreeBSD22 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 21 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:release_p14:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:release_p5:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.2.1:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.2.1:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.3:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.3:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.3:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.4:pre-release:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.4:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.4:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 5.x

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

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