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Integer signedness error in several system calls for FreeBSD 4.6.1 RELEASE-p10 and earlier may allow attackers to access sensitive kernel memory via large negative values to the (1) accept, (2) getsockname, and (3) getpeername system calls, and the (4) vesa FBIO_GETPALETTE ioctl

Published Aug 23, 2002

Description

Integer signedness error in several system calls for FreeBSD 4.6.1 RELEASE-p10 and earlier may allow attackers to access sensitive kernel memory via large negative values to the (1) accept, (2) getsockname, and (3) getpeername system calls, and the (4) vesa FBIO_GETPALETTE ioctl.

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Remediation

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Weaknesses (0)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 23, 2002
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Aug 21, 2002
Link CVE-2002-0973
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Link CVE-2002-0973
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2002-0973