CVE-2003-0390
N/A
Published: June 10, 2003 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:02 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpt
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in Options Parsing Tool (OPT) shared library 3.18 and earlier, when used in setuid programs, may allow local users to execute arbitrary code via long command line options that are fed into macros such as opt_warn_2, as used in functions such as opt_atoi.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 3.18
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105121918523320&w=2Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105371246204866&w=2x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://nis-www.lanl.gov/~jt/Software/opt/opt-3.19.tar.gzQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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