CVE-2002-0557

OpenBSD 3.0 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via YP Netgroups Password Database

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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().

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4338
Various Sources vendor-advisory x_refsource_openbsd
http://www.openbsd.org/errata30.html#approval
Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8625.php

Scores

EPSS 0.0053
EPSS Percentile 67.3%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
openbsd/openbsd 3.0
Published Jul 03, 2002
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026