CVE-2002-1915

MEDIUM

Freebsd - Improper Locking

Title source: rule

Description

tip on multiple BSD-based operating systems allows local users to cause a denial of service (execution prevention) by using flock() to lock the /var/log/acculog file.

References (3)

[Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/283033

[Broken Link] http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9633.php

[Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5265

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0023

EPSS Percentile 45.5%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-667

Status draft

Affected Products (38)

freebsd/freebsd

netbsd/netbsd

... and 23 more

Timeline

Published Dec 31, 2002

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026