CVE-2001-0268
N/A
Published: May 7, 2001 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:53 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsOpenBSDNetBSD
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
Description
The i386_set_ldt system call in NetBSD 1.5 and earlier, and OpenBSD 2.8 and earlier, when the USER_LDT kernel option is enabled, does not validate a call gate target, which allows local users to gain root privileges by creating a segment call gate in the Local Descriptor Table (LDT) with a target that specifies an arbitrary kernel address.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (8)
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0353.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_CALDERA
Source: [email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/linux/caldera/2001-q4/0014.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_NETBSDPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/netbsd/2001-q1/0093.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/358960Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_OPENBSD
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openbsd.org/errata.html#userldtVDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6222Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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