Vulnerability in Jacques Gelinas Linuxconf
CVE-2002-1506
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.016 (75.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 75.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Jacques Gelinas Linuxconf — versions 1.1.6r10, 1.1.7, 1.1.8
References
- www.solucorp.qc.ca/changes.hc
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/5585 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-08/0304.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Exploit, Patch)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q3/0093.html (mailing-list)
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/9980.php (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)