CVE-2002-1490

Published Apr 2, 2003 netbsd

Overview

CVE-2002-1490 is a known-severity vulnerability affecting netbsd netbsd. It was published on April 2, 2003.

Technical Description

NetBSD 1.4 through 1.6 beta allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via a series of calls to the TIOCSCTTY ioctl, which causes an integer overflow in a structure counter and sets the counter to zero, which frees memory that is still in use by other processes.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from netbsd. Update netbsd to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status

References

Ref ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-007.txt.asc Ref www.iss.net/security_center/static/10115.php Ref www.osvdb.org/7566 Ref www.securityfocus.com/bid/5722 Ref ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-007.txt.asc Ref www.iss.net/security_center/static/10115.php Ref www.osvdb.org/7566 Ref www.securityfocus.com/bid/5722

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2002-1490?

CVE-2002-1490 is a known-severity vulnerability affecting netbsd netbsd. It was published on April 2, 2003.

How severe is CVE-2002-1490?

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