CVE-2002-1500

CVE-2002-1500 describes a buffer overflow in NetBSD 1.4.x–1.6 affecting the programs mrinfo , mtrace , and pppd . The vulnerability arises when handling file descriptor tables that may exceed FD_SETSIZE, leaving these programs to fail or be exploited by local users to gain privileges. The describ...

CVE-2002-1500: Undefined Security Weakness

Buffer overflow in 1 mrinfo, 2 mtrace, and 3 pppd in NetBSD 1.4.x through 1.6 allows local users to gain privileges by executing the programs after filling the file descriptor tables, which produces file descriptors larger than FDSETSIZE, which are not checked by FDSET...