# CVE-2003-1234: Integer overflow in the f\_count counter in FreeBSD before 4.2 through 5.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possib

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2005-11-16 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Integer overflow in the f_count counter in FreeBSD before 4.2 through 5.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via multiple calls to (1) fpathconf and (2) lseek, which do not properly decrement f_count through a call to fdrop.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.pine.nl/press/pine-cert-20030101.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/305308/30/26420/threaded
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0006.html
- ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:44.filedesc.asc
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-01/0057.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6524
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1005898
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10993.php
- http://secunia.com/advisories/7821

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