CVE-2001-1559 - The uipc system calls (uipc_syscalls.c) in OpenBSD 2.9 and 3.0 provide user mode return instead of v

CVE-2001-1559

Summary

The uipc system calls (uipc_syscalls.c) in OpenBSD 2.9 and 3.0 provide user mode return instead of versus rval kernel mode values to the fdrelease function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service and trigger a null dereference.

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-12/0014.html
http://monkey.org/openbsd/archive/tech/0112/msg00015.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7690.php

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	2.1 (as of 16-02-2024 - 14:16)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

CWE-476

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
LOCAL	LOW	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
NONE	NONE	PARTIAL

cvss-vector via4

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

refmap via4

bugtraq	20011202 OpenBSD local DoS
mlist	[OpenBSD] 20011202 Code that crashes kernel at will + proposed patch
xf	openbsd-retval-null-dos(7690)

Last major update

16-02-2024 - 14:16

Published

31-12-2001 - 05:00

Last modified

16-02-2024 - 14:16