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CVE-2002-2180

Published: Dec 31, 2002 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-2180
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
OpenbsdOpenbsd2.0 (including)2.0 (including)
OpenbsdOpenbsd2.1 (including)2.1 (including)
OpenbsdOpenbsd2.2 (including)2.2 (including)
OpenbsdOpenbsd2.3 (including)2.3 (including)
OpenbsdOpenbsd2.4 (including)2.4 (including)
OpenbsdOpenbsd2.5 (including)2.5 (including)
OpenbsdOpenbsd2.6 (including)2.6 (including)
OpenbsdOpenbsd2.7 (including)2.7 (including)
OpenbsdOpenbsd2.8 (including)2.8 (including)
OpenbsdOpenbsd2.9 (including)2.9 (including)
OpenbsdOpenbsd3.0 (including)3.0 (including)
OpenbsdOpenbsd3.1 (including)3.1 (including)

References

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