Vulnerability in Netbsd

CVE-2005-4779

verifiedexecioctl in verified_exec.c in NetBSD 2.0.2 calls NDINIT with UIO_USERSPACE rather than UID_SYSSPACE, which removes the functionality of the verified exec kernel subsystem and might allow local users to execute Trojan horse programs.

EPSS: 0.003 (25.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Netbsd — versions 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2
  • N/a — versions n/a

References