CVE-2002-0164

Summary

CVECVE-2002-0164
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-03-15 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-11 01:29:00 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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

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 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
Application Caldera Openlinux Workstation 3.1 All All All
Application Caldera Openlinux Workstation 3.1.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
'GLSA: xfree' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
XFree86 MIT-SHM Shared Memory Access Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
20021001-01-P SGI patches.sgi.com
LinuxSecurity.com: Caldera: 'XFree86' Unauthorized access vulnerability CALDERA www.linuxsecurity.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-380-1 xfree86 DEBIAN www.debian.org
1017429 SUNALERT sunsolve.sun.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
CSSA-2002-SCO.14 CALDERA stage.caldera.com
Home - Conectiva CONECTIVA distro.conectiva.com.br
228529 SUNALERT sunsolve.sun.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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