CVE Catalog

CVE-2002-1500

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Buffer overflow in the mrinfo, mtrace, and pppd programs in NetBSD versions 1.4.x through 1.6 allows local users to gain privileges by executing these programs after filling the file descriptor tables.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can gain unauthorized privileges, potentially leading to serious security breaches in the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the NetBSD system to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor system access.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in (1) mrinfo, (2) mtrace, and (3) pppd in NetBSD 1.4.x through 1.6 allows local users to gain privileges by executing the programs after filling the file descriptor tables, which produces file descriptors larger than FD_SETSIZE, which are not checked by FD_SET().

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS