ID CVE-2002-2180
Summary The setitimer(2) system call in OpenBSD 2.0 through 3.1 does not properly check certain arguments, which allows local users to write to kernel memory and possibly gain root privileges, possibly via an integer signedness error.
References
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS
Base: 6.8 (as of 05-09-2008 - 20:32)
Impact:
Exploitability:
CWE NVD-CWE-Other
CAPEC
Access
VectorComplexityAuthentication
LOCAL LOW SINGLE
Impact
ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
COMPLETE COMPLETE COMPLETE
cvss-vector via4 AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
refmap via4
bid 5861
confirm ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.0/common/032_kerntime.patch
openbsd 20021002 Incorrect argument checking in the setitimer(2) system call may allow an attacker to write to kernel memory.
xf openbsd-setitimer-memory-overwrite(10278)
Last major update 05-09-2008 - 20:32
Published 31-12-2002 - 05:00
Last modified 05-09-2008 - 20:32
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