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CVE-2009-2793

The kernel in NetBSD, probably 5.0.1 and earlier, on x86 platforms does not properly handle a pre-commit failure of the iret instruction, which might allow local users to gain privileges via vectors related to a tempEIP pseudocode variable that is outside of the code-segment limits.

Published

2009-09-18T22:30:00.530

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.6 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-264
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System netbsd netbsd ≤ 5.0.1 Yes
Operating System netbsd netbsd 0.8 Yes
Operating System netbsd netbsd 0.9 Yes
Operating System netbsd netbsd 1.0 Yes
Operating System netbsd netbsd 1.1 Yes
Operating System netbsd netbsd 1.2 Yes
Operating System netbsd netbsd 1.2.1 Yes
Operating System netbsd netbsd 1.3 Yes
Operating System netbsd netbsd 1.3.1 Yes
Operating System netbsd netbsd 1.3.2 Yes
Operating System netbsd netbsd 1.3.3 Yes
Operating System netbsd netbsd 1.5 Yes
Operating System netbsd netbsd 1.5.1 Yes
Operating System netbsd netbsd 1.5.2 Yes
Operating System netbsd netbsd 1.5.3 Yes
Operating System netbsd netbsd 1.6 Yes
Operating System netbsd netbsd 1.6.1 Yes
Operating System netbsd netbsd 1.6.2 Yes
Operating System netbsd netbsd 2.0 Yes
Operating System netbsd netbsd 2.0.1 Yes
Operating System netbsd netbsd 2.0.2 Yes
Operating System netbsd netbsd 2.0.3 Yes
Operating System netbsd netbsd 2.1 Yes
Operating System netbsd netbsd 3.0 Yes
Operating System netbsd netbsd 3.0.1 Yes
Operating System netbsd netbsd 3.0.2 Yes
Operating System netbsd netbsd 3.1 Yes
Operating System netbsd netbsd 4.0 Yes
Operating System netbsd netbsd 4.0.1 Yes
Operating System netbsd netbsd 5.0 Yes
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