{ "CVE_data_meta" : { "ASSIGNER" : "cve@mitre.org", "ID" : "CVE-2001-0268", "STATE" : "PUBLIC" }, "affects" : { "vendor" : { "vendor_data" : [ { "product" : { "product_data" : [ { "product_name" : "n/a", "version" : { "version_data" : [ { "version_value" : "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name" : "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format" : "MITRE", "data_type" : "CVE", "data_version" : "4.0", "description" : { "description_data" : [ { "lang" : "eng", "value" : "The i386_set_ldt system call in NetBSD 1.5 and earlier, and OpenBSD 2.8 and earlier, when the USER_LDT kernel option is enabled, does not validate a call gate target, which allows local users to gain root privileges by creating a segment call gate in the Local Descriptor Table (LDT) with a target that specifies an arbitrary kernel address." } ] }, "problemtype" : { "problemtype_data" : [ { "description" : [ { "lang" : "eng", "value" : "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references" : { "reference_data" : [ { "name" : "CSSA-2001-SCO.35", "refsource" : "CALDERA", "url" : "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/linux/caldera/2001-q4/0014.html" }, { "name" : "NetBSD-SA:2001-002", "refsource" : "NETBSD", "url" : "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/netbsd/2001-q1/0093.html" }, { "name" : "20010219 Re: your mail", "refsource" : "BUGTRAQ", "url" : "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0353.html" }, { "name" : "20010302 The USER_LDT kernel option allows an attacker to gain access to privileged areas of kernel memory.", "refsource" : "OPENBSD", "url" : "http://www.openbsd.org/errata.html#userldt" }, { "name" : "VU#358960", "refsource" : "CERT-VN", "url" : "http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/358960" }, { "name" : "2739", "refsource" : "BID", "url" : "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2739" }, { "name" : "6141", "refsource" : "OSVDB", "url" : "http://www.osvdb.org/6141" }, { "name" : "user-ldt-validation(6222)", "refsource" : "XF", "url" : "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6222" } ] } }