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CVE-2001-0268
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
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..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- High
- Base Score
- 7.2/10
- Exploit Score
- 3.9/10
- Access Vector
- Local
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 10/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Complete
- Availability Impact
- Complete
- Integrity Impact
- Complete
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/netbsd/2001-q1/0093.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/linux/caldera/2001-q4/0014.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0353.html
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata.html#userldt
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/358960
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2739
- http://www.osvdb.org/6141
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6222