PT-2002-3139 · Hewlett Packard · Hp-Ux

Published 2002-01-11 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2003-0061

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 HP UX version B.10.20

Description A buffer overflow issue in the passwd command allows local users to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges by setting a long LANG environment variable.

Recommendations For HP UX version B.10.20, update the system to a version that includes a fix for this issue, or as a temporary workaround, consider restricting the setting of the LANG environment variable to prevent exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2003-0061

Affected Products

Hp-Ux

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0061 · Security Note
• http://idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=87&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true · Vendor Advisory