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QNX RTOS local DoS
Secunia Advisory: SA7463
Release Date: 2002-11-07
Last Update: 2002-11-11
Popularity: 4,386 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: DoS
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Unpatched

OS:QNX Neutrino RTOS 6.x

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Description:
It is possible to cause a Denial of Service by creating at least two timers with 1ms system ticks.

This can be done by unprivileged users.

Solution:
There is no immidiate solution. However version 6.2 has been released which may not be vulnerable.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Pawel Pisarczyk


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