CVE-2005-2218 Information

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.

Reference

ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:17.devfs.asc http://secunia.com/advisories/16145 http://securitytracker.com/id?1014536 http://www.osvdb.org/18123 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14334 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21451