Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 6, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-0098
CVE-2006-0098
Description
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/.
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3Patches
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References
6- ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.7/common/008_fd.patchnvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/18296nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.openbsd.org/errata37.htmlnvdPatch
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/16144nvdPatch
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.osvdb.org/22231nvd
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