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CVE-2002-2180

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
31/12/2002
Last modified:
03/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
6.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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