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CVE-2002-2180
Published: Nov 16, 2005
Modified: Sep 16, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
20021002 Incorrect argument checking in the setitimer(2) system call may allow an attacker to write to kernel memory.
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_OPENBSD
openbsd-setitimer-memory-overwrite(10278)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
5861
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
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