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CVE-2002-0557

Vulnerability in OpenBSD 3.0, when using YP with netgroups in the password database, causes (1) rexec or (2) rsh to run

Vulnerability in OpenBSD 3.0, when using YP with netgroups in the password database, causes (1) rexec or (2) rsh to run another user's shell, or (3) atrun to change to a different user's directory, possibly due to memory allocation failures or an incorrect call to auth_approval().

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.00527
Schedule remediation
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

1
openbsdall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD03 Jul 2002 · 04:00 AM
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References & Sources

3
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8625.phpPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.openbsd.org/errata30.html#approval
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4338PatchVendor Advisory
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