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CVE-2002-0831

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CVE-2002-0831

Published: Apr 2, 2003

Modified: Aug 8, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

n/a

affected
n/a

References

freebsd-kqueue-dos(9774)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
FreeBSD-SA-02:37.kqueue
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FREEBSD
5405
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
5069
vdb-entry
x_refsource_OSVDB

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