CVE-2006-0098 Information

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/.

Reference

ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.7/common/008_fd.patch http://secunia.com/advisories/18296 http://securitytracker.com/id?1015437 http://www.openbsd.org/errata37.htmlfd http://www.osvdb.org/22231 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16144