Vulnerability CVE-2009-3572
Published: 2009-10-06   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
OpenBSD 4.4, 4.5, and 4.6, when running on an i386 kernel, does not properly handle XMM exceptions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via unspecified vectors.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Low
OpenBSD patch: XMM exceptions incorrectly handled in i386 kernel
Slava Pestov
08.10.2009

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.9/10
6.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Complete
Affected software
Openbsd -> Openbsd 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36589
http://www.openbsd.org/errata46.html
http://www.openbsd.org/errata45.html
http://www.openbsd.org/errata44.html
http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-security-announce&m=125474331811594
http://secunia.com/advisories/36956
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