01 Record
CVE-2001-0268
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.58% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 47.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2001-05-07 04:00Z25 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 04:14Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2001-04-04
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c9a4a10580b55d0e0910d221e3ac451c14dee92e6d630ba3327aa3fcbc0a873d
05 Affected products
06 References
- archives.neohapsis.comCSSA-2001-SCO.35http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/linux/caldera/2001-q4/0014.html
- archives.neohapsis.comNetBSD-SA:2001-002http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/netbsd/2001-q1/0093.html
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#358960http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/358960
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comuser-ldt-validation(6222)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6222
- www.securityfocus.com2739http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2739
- www.openbsd.org20010302 The USER_LDT kernel option allows an attacker to gain access to privileged areas of kernel memory.http://www.openbsd.org/errata.html#userldt
- archives.neohapsis.com20010219 Re: your mailhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0353.html
- www.osvdb.org6141http://www.osvdb.org/6141