CVE-2002-2180
N/A
Published: November 16, 2005 at 09:17 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:00 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpenBSD
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.0/common/032_kerntime.patchVDB Entryx_refsource_XFPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10278.phpVendor Advisoryx_refsource_OPENBSDExploitPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openbsd.org/plus32.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5861Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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