CVE-2002-0973 Information

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.

Reference

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102976839728706&w=2 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9903.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5493