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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 3, 2002· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2002-0557

CVE-2002-0557

Description

Vulnerability in OpenBSD 3.0, when using YP with netgroups in the password database, causes (1) rexec or (2) rsh to run another user's shell, or (3) atrun to change to a different user's directory, possibly due to memory allocation failures or an incorrect call to auth_approval().

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Affected products

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  • OpenBSD/OpenBSD2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: = 3.0

Patches

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