PT-2002-1839 · Kde · Artsd

Published 2002-08-02 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-2002-0819

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: artsd (affected versions not specified)

Description: A format string issue exists in artsd when invoked by artswrapper, allowing local users to escalate privileges. This occurs due to format strings in the -a argument, leading to an improperly handled error message in a call to the arts fatal function.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-0819

Affected Products

Artsd

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0819 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=kde-multimedia&m=102607939232023&w=2 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=102614898620164&w=2 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102607688730228&w=2 · Note