CVE-2002-0766 | BDVDB-2026-5260 Detail

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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.

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1. Version 12003-04-02Record published in the CVE List.
2. Version 22024-08-08Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.