CVE-2002-0164

Summary

CVECVE-2002-0164
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-03-15 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionVulnerability in the MIT-SHM extension of the X server on Linux (XFree86) 4.2.1 and earlier allows local users to read and write arbitrary shared memory, possibly to cause a denial of service or gain privileges.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Caldera Openlinux Server 3.1 All All All
Application Caldera Openlinux Server 3.1.1 All All All
Application Caldera Openlinux Workstation 3.1 All All All
Application Caldera Openlinux Workstation 3.1.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-380-1 xfree86 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20021001-01-P af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patches.sgi.com
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br
'GLSA: xfree' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
LinuxSecurity.com: Caldera: 'XFree86' Unauthorized access vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.linuxsecurity.com
stage.caldera.com/pub/security/openunix/CSSA-2002-SCO.14/CSSA-2002-SCO.14.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 stage.caldera.com
XFree86 MIT-SHM Shared Memory Access Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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