CVE-2002-1506 in linuxconf

Summary

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.

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• Disclosure: 04/02/2003
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1: VDB-20288
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-119 (Confirmed)
• Exploit: Download
• CVSS: 9.3
• EPSS: 0.00463
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-1506
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1506
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2002-1506/