PT-2003-1242 · Linux · Linuxconf

Published 2003-03-18 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2002-1506

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 Linuxconf versions prior to 1.28r4

Description A buffer overflow issue exists, allowing local users to execute arbitrary code via a long LINUXCONF LANG environment variable. This variable overflows an error string that is generated.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.28r4, update to version 1.28r4 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the length of the LINUXCONF LANG environment variable to prevent overflow.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-1506

Affected Products

Linuxconf

References · 9

• 🔥 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-08/0304.html · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/5585 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/21761 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/21762 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/21763 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1506 · Security Note
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/9980.php · Vendor Advisory
• http://solucorp.qc.ca/changes.hc?projet=linuxconf&version=1.28r4 · Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q3/0093.html · Note