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CVE-2002-0831

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-08-12 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• FreeBSD: 4.3-release, 4.4-release, 4.5-release, 4.6-release, 4.6-stable

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102865142610126&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9774.php
• http://www.osvdb.org/5069
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5405
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102865142610126&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9774.php
• http://www.osvdb.org/5069
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5405

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