CVE-2002-0766

OpenBSD 2.9 through 3.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) and gain root privileges by filling the kernel’s file descriptor table and closing file descriptors 0, 1, or 2 before executing a privileged process, which is not properly handled when OpenBSD fails to open an alternate descriptor.

Date published : 2003-04-02

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4708

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/271702