CVE - CVE-2001-0268

CVE-ID
CVE-2001-0268	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:2739 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2739 BUGTRAQ:20010219 Re: your mail URL:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0353.html CALDERA:CSSA-2001-SCO.35 URL:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/linux/caldera/2001-q4/0014.html CERT-VN:VU#358960 URL:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/358960 NETBSD:NetBSD-SA:2001-002 URL:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/netbsd/2001-q1/0093.html OPENBSD:20010302 The USER_LDT kernel option allows an attacker to gain access to privileged areas of kernel memory. URL:http://www.openbsd.org/errata.html#userldt OSVDB:6141 URL:http://www.osvdb.org/6141 XF:user-ldt-validation(6222) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6222
Date Entry Created
20010507	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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