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.
Published: 2005-11-16
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2002-2159 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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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

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

Reserved: 2005-11-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-2180

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Status : Deferred

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

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2002-2180

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