CVE-2009-3572

Published Oct 6, 2009

Last updated 2 days ago

Overview

Description
OpenBSD 4.4, 4.5, and 4.6, when running on an i386 kernel, does not properly handle XMM exceptions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via unspecified vectors.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Deferred

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
4.9
Impact score
6.9
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
NVD-CWE-Other

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Hype score
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Evaluator

Comment
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Impact
Per: http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-security-announce&m=125474331811594 XMM exceptions are incorrectly handled in the OpenBSD/i386 kernel, resulting in a kernel panic that can be triggered by a local user. This issue has been fixed in -current. Source code patches are available for OpenBSD 4.4, 4.5 and 4.6.
Solution
Per: http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-security-announce&m=125474331811594 XMM exceptions are incorrectly handled in the OpenBSD/i386 kernel, resulting in a kernel panic that can be triggered by a local user. This issue has been fixed in -current. Source code patches are available for OpenBSD 4.4, 4.5 and 4.6.

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