CVE-2002-0831

FreeBSD 4.3-4.6 STABLE - Denial of Service via kqueue EVFILT_WRITE Filter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The kqueue mechanism in FreeBSD 4.3 through 4.6 STABLE allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via a pipe call in which one end is terminated and an EVFILT_WRITE filter is registered for the other end.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9774.php
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_freebsd
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102865142610126&w=2
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/5069
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5405

Scores

EPSS 0.0008
EPSS Percentile 24.2%

Details

Status published
Products (4)
freebsd/freebsd 4.3 release
freebsd/freebsd 4.4 release
freebsd/freebsd 4.5 release
freebsd/freebsd 4.6 release (2 CPE variants)
Published Aug 12, 2002
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026