CVE-2005-0637 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The copy functions in locore.s such as copyout in OpenBSD 3.5 and 3.6, and possibly other BSD based operating systems, may allow attackers to exceed certain address boundaries and modify kernel memory.

Published: 2005-03-04

Score: 5.0 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:3.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.6:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-0638	The copy functions in locore.s such as copyout in OpenBSD 3.5 and 3.6, and possibly other BSD based operating systems, may allow attackers to exceed certain address boundaries and modify kernel memory.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0054.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/14432
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013333
http://www.openbsd.org/errata.html#copy
http://www.openbsd.org/errata35.html#locore
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12825
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19531

History

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Subscriptions

Openbsd Openbsd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-03-04T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:21:06.543Z

Reserved: 2005-03-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-0637

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-05-02T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2005-0637

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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