CVE-2002-2180
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2005-11-16 21:17
Modified
2024-09-16 18:12
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orgftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.0/common/032_kerntime.patchPatch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10278.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openbsd.org/plus32.htmlExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5861Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
n/an/a
Show details on NVD website

To clipboard 

{
  "containers": {
    "adp": [
      {
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2024-08-08T03:51:17.585Z",
          "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "shortName": "CVE"
        },
        "references": [
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_CONFIRM",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.0/common/032_kerntime.patch"
          },
          {
            "name": "20021002 Incorrect argument checking in the setitimer(2) system call may allow an attacker to write to kernel memory.",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_refsource_OPENBSD",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://www.openbsd.org/plus32.html"
          },
          {
            "name": "openbsd-setitimer-memory-overwrite(10278)",
            "tags": [
              "vdb-entry",
              "x_refsource_XF",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10278.php"
          },
          {
            "name": "5861",
            "tags": [
              "vdb-entry",
              "x_refsource_BID",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5861"
          }
        ],
        "title": "CVE Program Container"
      }
    ],
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "product": "n/a",
          "vendor": "n/a",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "n/a"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "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."
        }
      ],
      "problemTypes": [
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "description": "n/a",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "text"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2005-11-16T21:17:00Z",
        "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
        "shortName": "mitre"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_CONFIRM"
          ],
          "url": "ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.0/common/032_kerntime.patch"
        },
        {
          "name": "20021002 Incorrect argument checking in the setitimer(2) system call may allow an attacker to write to kernel memory.",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory",
            "x_refsource_OPENBSD"
          ],
          "url": "http://www.openbsd.org/plus32.html"
        },
        {
          "name": "openbsd-setitimer-memory-overwrite(10278)",
          "tags": [
            "vdb-entry",
            "x_refsource_XF"
          ],
          "url": "http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10278.php"
        },
        {
          "name": "5861",
          "tags": [
            "vdb-entry",
            "x_refsource_BID"
          ],
          "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5861"
        }
      ],
      "x_legacyV4Record": {
        "CVE_data_meta": {
          "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org",
          "ID": "CVE-2002-2180",
          "STATE": "PUBLIC"
        },
        "affects": {
          "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
              {
                "product": {
                  "product_data": [
                    {
                      "product_name": "n/a",
                      "version": {
                        "version_data": [
                          {
                            "version_value": "n/a"
                          }
                        ]
                      }
                    }
                  ]
                },
                "vendor_name": "n/a"
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        "data_format": "MITRE",
        "data_type": "CVE",
        "data_version": "4.0",
        "description": {
          "description_data": [
            {
              "lang": "eng",
              "value": "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."
            }
          ]
        },
        "problemtype": {
          "problemtype_data": [
            {
              "description": [
                {
                  "lang": "eng",
                  "value": "n/a"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        "references": {
          "reference_data": [
            {
              "name": "ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.0/common/032_kerntime.patch",
              "refsource": "CONFIRM",
              "url": "ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.0/common/032_kerntime.patch"
            },
            {
              "name": "20021002 Incorrect argument checking in the setitimer(2) system call may allow an attacker to write to kernel memory.",
              "refsource": "OPENBSD",
              "url": "http://www.openbsd.org/plus32.html"
            },
            {
              "name": "openbsd-setitimer-memory-overwrite(10278)",
              "refsource": "XF",
              "url": "http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10278.php"
            },
            {
              "name": "5861",
              "refsource": "BID",
              "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5861"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
    "assignerShortName": "mitre",
    "cveId": "CVE-2002-2180",
    "datePublished": "2005-11-16T21:17:00Z",
    "dateReserved": "2005-11-16T00:00:00Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2024-09-16T18:12:53.378Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.1",
  "meta": {
    "nvd": "{\"cve\":{\"id\":\"CVE-2002-2180\",\"sourceIdentifier\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"published\":\"2002-12-31T05:00:00.000\",\"lastModified\":\"2008-09-05T20:32:32.400\",\"vulnStatus\":\"Analyzed\",\"descriptions\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"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.\"}],\"metrics\":{\"cvssMetricV2\":[{\"source\":\"nvd@nist.gov\",\"type\":\"Primary\",\"cvssData\":{\"version\":\"2.0\",\"vectorString\":\"AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C\",\"accessVector\":\"LOCAL\",\"accessComplexity\":\"LOW\",\"authentication\":\"SINGLE\",\"confidentialityImpact\":\"COMPLETE\",\"integrityImpact\":\"COMPLETE\",\"availabilityImpact\":\"COMPLETE\",\"baseScore\":6.8},\"baseSeverity\":\"MEDIUM\",\"exploitabilityScore\":3.1,\"impactScore\":10.0,\"acInsufInfo\":false,\"obtainAllPrivilege\":true,\"obtainUserPrivilege\":false,\"obtainOtherPrivilege\":false,\"userInteractionRequired\":false}]},\"weaknesses\":[{\"source\":\"nvd@nist.gov\",\"type\":\"Primary\",\"description\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"NVD-CWE-Other\"}]}],\"configurations\":[{\"nodes\":[{\"operator\":\"OR\",\"negate\":false,\"cpeMatch\":[{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"36DF0D51-FCFA-46A3-B834-E80DFA91DFDC\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"5CB726CF-ADA2-4CDA-9786-1E84AC53740A\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"1FC373FC-88AC-4B6D-A289-51881ACD57F7\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"1D2DA7F0-E3C0-447A-A2B0-ECC928389D84\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"FEBE290B-5EC6-4BBA-B645-294C150E417A\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"ACE7FDFB-C6A6-4B58-B0B4-236E4EA76EF6\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"0DF053A1-C252-427E-9EEF-27240F422976\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"48A9C344-45AA-47B9-B35A-1A62E220D9C6\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"80EB24F0-46A7-481B-83ED-8BB012AE0C8E\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"AA6AEAF0-FA61-4A3F-A083-1218C2027781\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"60DA30A1-3360-46BC-85B7-008D535F95BE\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"DA33E7E2-DE7B-411E-8991-718DA0988C51\"}]}]}],\"references\":[{\"url\":\"ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.0/common/032_kerntime.patch\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"tags\":[\"Patch\"]},{\"url\":\"http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10278.php\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"tags\":[\"Patch\",\"Vendor Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"http://www.openbsd.org/plus32.html\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"tags\":[\"Exploit\",\"Patch\",\"Vendor Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5861\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"tags\":[\"Patch\",\"Vendor Advisory\"]}]}}"
  }
}


Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.




Sightings

Author Source Type Date

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
  • Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.