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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-11-16T21:17:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T18:12:53.378Z

Reserved: 2005-11-16T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2002-2180

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2002-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2008-09-05T20:32:32.400

Link: CVE-2002-2180

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