CVE-2002-2180

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-2180
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.0 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.1 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.2 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.3 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.4 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.5 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.6 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.7 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.8 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.9 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 3.0 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 3.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
OpenBSD-3.2 changes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openbsd.org Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
ISS X-Force Database: openbsd-setitimer-memory-overwrite (10278): OpenBSD setitimer(2) kernel memory overwrite af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net Patch, Vendor Advisory
ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.0/common/032_kerntime.patch af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.openbsd.org Patch
OpenBSD setitimer(2) Kernel Memory Overwrite Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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