Vulnerability CVE-2002-1506
Published: 2003-04-02   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Jacques gelinas -> Linuxconf 

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