CVE-2005-4779

Impact

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.

Affected products

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/dev/verified_exec.c.diff?r1=1.4&r2=1.4.2.1&f=h
• http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-announce/2005/10/31/0000.html
• http://releng.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/req-2-0.cgi?show=1988
• http://www.osvdb.org/20725
• http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/dev/verified_exec.c.diff?r1=1.4&r2=1.4.2.1&f=h
• http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-announce/2005/10/31/0000.html
• http://releng.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/req-2-0.cgi?show=1988
• http://www.osvdb.org/20725