CVE-2006-0145
4.6 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
6.4 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
25.8%
The kernfs_xread function in kernfs in NetBSD 1.6 through 2.1, and OpenBSD 3.8, does not properly validate file offsets against negative 32-bit values that occur as a result of truncation, which allows local users to read arbitrary kernel memory and gain privileges via the lseek system call.
Affected configurations
References
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2006-001.txt.asc
secunia.com/advisories/18388
secunia.com/advisories/18712
securityreason.com/securityalert/405
www.osvdb.org/22293
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423827/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/16173
www.securitylab.net/research/2006/02/advisory_netbsd_openbsd_kernfs.html
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24035
Related
4.6 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
6.4 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
25.8%