CVE-2002-2188

medium

Description

OpenBSD before 3.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via a call to getrlimit(2) with invalid arguments, possibly due to an integer signedness error.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6124

http://www.openbsd.org/errata31.html#kernresource

http://www.openbsd.org/errata30.html#kernresource

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10572.php

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2002-12-31

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H