CVE-2002-1506 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2002-1506

Buffer overflow in Linuxconf before 1.28r4 allows local users to...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

jacques gelinas

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Affected Software

linuxconf
Vulnerable Versions:
1.1.6r10, 1.1.7, 1.1.8, 1.1.9r1, 1.1.9r2, 1.2, 1.2.1, 1.2.1r1, 1.2.1r2, 1.2.1r3, 1.2.1r4, 1.2.1r5, 1.2.1r6, 1.2.1r7, 1.2.1r8, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.3r1, 1.2.3r2, 1.2.4, 1.2.4r2, 1.2.4r4, 1.2.4r5, 1.2r1, 1.2r2, 1.27, 1.27r3, 1.27r4, 1.27r5, 1.28, 1.28r1, 1.28r2, 1.28r3

Timeline

Official Publish: March 18th, 2003
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

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Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.