CVE-2005-4779 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

verifiedexecioctl in verified_exec.c in NetBSD 2.0.2 calls NDINIT with UIO_USERSPACE rather than UID_SYSSPACE, which removes the functionality of the verified exec kernel subsystem and might allow local users to execute Trojan horse programs.

Published: 2006-04-13

Score: 3.6 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0.2:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-4772	verifiedexecioctl in verified_exec.c in NetBSD 2.0.2 calls NDINIT with UIO_USERSPACE rather than UID_SYSSPACE, which removes the functionality of the verified exec kernel subsystem and might allow local users to execute Trojan horse programs.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0007.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/dev/verified_exec.c.diff?r1=1.4&r2=1.4.2.1&f=h
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-announce/2005/10/31/0000.html
http://releng.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/req-2-0.cgi?show=1988
http://www.osvdb.org/20725

History

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Subscriptions

Netbsd Netbsd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-04-13T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T19:30:13.562Z

Reserved: 2006-04-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-4779

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-4779

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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