Vulnerabilities > CVE-2002-0831 - Denial Of Service vulnerability in FreeBSD kqueue Kernel Panic
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| OS | 5 |