Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 19, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-1000372

Description

A flaw exists in OpenBSD's implementation of the stack guard page that allows attackers to bypass it resulting in arbitrary code execution using setuid binaries such as /usr/bin/at. This affects OpenBSD 6.1 and possibly earlier versions.

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Affected products

OpenBSD/OpenBSD2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=6.1
- (no CPE)range: <=6.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/99172nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/6.1/common/008_exec_subr.patch.signvdMailing ListVendor Advisory
www.qualys.com/2017/06/19/stack-clash/stack-clash.txtnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory

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