CVE-2002-0557 | BDVDB-2026-4187 Detail

Description#

Vulnerability in OpenBSD 3.0, when using YP with netgroups in the password database, causes (1) rexec or (2) rsh to run another user's shell, or (3) atrun to change to a different user's directory, possibly due to memory allocation failures or an incorrect call to auth_approval().

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://www.openbsd.org/errata30.html#approval
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8625.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4338

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12002-06-11Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-08Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.