CVE-2005-2218
N/A
Published: July 26, 2005 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:14 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFreeBSD
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
The device file system (devfs) in FreeBSD 5.x does not properly check parameters of the node type when creating a device node, which makes hidden devices available to attackers, who can then bypass restrictions on a jailed process.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (6)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:17.devfs.ascVDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21451Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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