PT-2003-1018 · Linux · Lxr

Albert Puigsech Galicia · Published 2003-03-21 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-2003-0156

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cross-Referencing Linux (LXR) (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, potentially leading to a breach of confidentiality of protected information. This can be achieved through directory traversal using .. (dot dot) sequences in the v parameter. The exploitation of this issue can be done remotely.

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

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-02551

CVE-2003-0156

DSA-264

Affected Products

Lxr

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0156 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2003/dsa-264 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-02551 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/7062 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2003-0156 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104739747222492&w=2 · Note
• http://debian.org/security/dsa-264 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2003-0156 · Note