Vulnerability in Immunix
CVE-2001-0641
Buffer overflow in man program in various distributions of Linux allows local user to execute arbitrary code as group man via a long -S option.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.013 (68.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 68.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Immunix — versions 6.2, 7.0, 7.0_beta
- Red Hat Linux — versions 5.2, 6.2, 7.0
- SUSE Linux — versions 6.0, 6.1, 6.2
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6530 (vdb-entry)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-069.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-05/0087.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/190136 (mailing-list)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_019_man_txt.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/2711 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)