CVE-2001-1559

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Published Jul 14, 2005 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS 1.5% KEV · Not listed

Description

The uipc system calls (uipc_syscalls.c) in OpenBSD 2.9 and 3.0 provide user mode return instead of versus rval kernel mode values to the fdrelease function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service and trigger a null dereference.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.0:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.5% (1.482% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-12/0014.html
http://monkey.org/openbsd/archive/tech/0112/msg00015.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7690.php

History

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Subscriptions

Openbsd Openbsd

Weaknesses

CWE-476

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 4:28 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jul 14, 2005, 4:00 AM
Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 4:28 PM
Reserved: Jul 14, 2005, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 9:56 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 31, 2001, 5:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 9:56 PM

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