CVE-2002-2188 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

OpenBSD before 3.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via a call to getrlimit(2) with invalid arguments, possibly due to an integer signedness error.

Published: 2005-11-16

Score: 4.9 Medium

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:openbsd:openbsd:3.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.1:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-2167	OpenBSD before 3.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via a call to getrlimit(2) with invalid arguments, possibly due to an integer signedness error.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00158.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.1/common/018_kernresource.patch
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10572.php
http://www.openbsd.org/errata30.html#kernresource
http://www.openbsd.org/errata31.html#kernresource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6124

History

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Subscriptions

Openbsd Openbsd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-11-16T21:17:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T03:28:50.750Z

Reserved: 2005-11-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-2188

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-12-31T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2002-2188

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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