CVE-2002-1506

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Buffer overflow in Linuxconf before 1.28r4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long LINUXCONF_LANG environment variable, which overflows an error string that is generated.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.2/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-08/0304.htmlExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q3/0093.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9980.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5585Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/changes.hc?projet=linuxconf&version=1.28r4
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-08/0304.htmlExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q3/0093.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9980.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5585Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/changes.hc?projet=linuxconf&version=1.28r4

Timeline

Published: Apr 2, 2003
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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