CVE-2002-1506
N/A
Published: March 18, 2003 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:59 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinuxconf
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
Buffer overflow in Linuxconf before 1.28r4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long LINUXCONF_LANG environment variable, which overflows an error string that is generated.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-08/0304.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_VULNWATCH
Source: [email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q3/0093.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_XFPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9980.phpVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5585x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/changes.hc?projet=linuxconf&version=1.28r4Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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