CVE - CVE-2002-1506

CVE-ID
CVE-2002-1506	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:5585 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5585 BUGTRAQ:20020828 iDEFENSE Security Advisory: Linuxconf locally exploitable buffer overflow URL:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-08/0304.html MISC:http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/changes.hc?projet=linuxconf&version=1.28r4 VULNWATCH:20020828 iDEFENSE Security Advisory: Linuxconf locally exploitable buffer overflow URL:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q3/0093.html XF:linuxconf-linuxconflang-env-bo(9980) URL:~~http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9980.php~~ (Obsolete source - check if archived by the Wayback Machine)
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20030205	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Proposed (20030317)
Votes (Legacy)
ACCEPT(1) Cole NOOP(2) Cox, Wall
Comments (Legacy)
CHANGE> [Cox changed vote from REVIEWING to NOOP]
Proposed (Legacy)
20030317
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