CVE-2002-0557 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Vulnerability in OpenBSD 3.0, when using YP with netgroups in the password database, causes (1) rexec or (2) rsh to run another user's shell, or (3) atrun to change to a different user's directory, possibly due to memory allocation failures or an incorrect call to auth_approval().

Published: 2002-06-11

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-0552	Vulnerability in OpenBSD 3.0, when using YP with netgroups in the password database, causes (1) rexec or (2) rsh to run another user's shell, or (3) atrun to change to a different user's directory, possibly due to memory allocation failures or an incorrect call to auth_approval().

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00527.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8625.php
http://www.openbsd.org/errata30.html#approval
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4338

History

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Subscriptions

Openbsd Openbsd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-06-11T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:56:38.228Z

Reserved: 2002-06-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-0557

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-07-03T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2002-0557

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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