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A vulnerability has been found in OpenBSD up to 3.1 (Operating System) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function setitimer
. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a integer coercion vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-192. Integer coercion refers to a set of flaws pertaining to the type casting, extension, or truncation of primitive data types. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
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.
The weakness was disclosed 12/31/2002 with OpenBSD (Website). The advisory is available at openbsd.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2002-2180 since 11/16/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The requirement for exploitation is a single authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
Product
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
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Exploiting
Class: Integer coercionCWE: CWE-192 / CWE-189
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Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
10/02/2002 🔍12/31/2002 🔍
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08/06/2014 🔍
06/11/2018 🔍
Sources
Advisory: openbsd.orgOrganization: OpenBSD
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2002-2180 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 5861 - OpenBSD setitimer(2) Kernel Memory Overwrite Vulnerability
Entry
Created: 08/06/2014 12:23Updated: 06/11/2018 08:50
Changes: 08/06/2014 12:23 (43), 06/11/2018 08:50 (9)
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