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CVE-2005-2218

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-07-26 · updated 2026-06-16

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 products

• FreeBSD: 5.0, 5.0-alpha, 5.0-release_p14, 5.0-releng, 5.1, 5.1-alpha (+15)

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/16145
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014536
• http://www.osvdb.org/18123
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14334
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21451
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16145
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014536
• http://www.osvdb.org/18123
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14334
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21451

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