CVE-2008-0384 EXPLOIT
4.9
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 0.8% (pctl 57)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
OpenBSD 4.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) by calling the SIOCGIFRTLABEL IOCTL on an interface that does not have a route label, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference when the return value from the rtlabel_id2name function is not checked.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.9 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| EPSS | 0.85% — more likely to be exploited than 57% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-01-22 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| openbsd | openbsd |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | OpenBSD 4.2 - 'rtlabel_id2name()' Local Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service | 2008-01-18 |
References
- http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-security-announce&m=120007327504064
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28473
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata42.html#005_ifrtlabel
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27252
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019188
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4935
- http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-security-announce&m=120007327504064
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28473
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata42.html#005_ifrtlabel
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27252
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019188
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4935
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