PT-2002-2413 · Ibm · Aix

Published 2002-12-31 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2002-1689

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions AIX versions prior to 4.0

Description The issue concerns a problem in the login program that could potentially allow remote users to cause a buffer overflow by specifying a large number of environment variables, exceeding the length of a certain string.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.0, update to version 4.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-1689

Affected Products

Aix

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1689 · Security Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/aix/2002-q1/0005.html · Vendor Advisory