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CVE-2001-1559 Details

Description

The uipc system calls (uipc_syscalls.c) in OpenBSD 2.9 and 3.0 provide user mode return instead of versus rval kernel mode values to the fdrelease function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service and trigger a null dereference.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-12/0014.html CVEBroken LinkExploit
http://monkey.org/openbsd/archive/tech/0112/msg00015.html CVEBroken LinkExploit
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7690.php CVEBroken Link
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-12/0014.html [email protected]Broken LinkExploit
http://monkey.org/openbsd/archive/tech/0112/msg00015.html [email protected]Broken LinkExploit

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
openbsd openbsd
2.9
3.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2001-1559
NVD Published Date:
Dec 31, 2001
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2001-1559 Details - Not Deferred