CVE-2001-0797

critical

Description

Buffer overflow in login in various System V based operating systems allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a large number of arguments through services such as telnet and rlogin.

References

https://github.com/franckferman/CVE_2026_24061

https://github.com/Kicksecure/security-misc

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2025

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7284

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2001-0781

http://xforce.iss.net/alerts/advise105.php

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3681

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/246487

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/569272

http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-34.html

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY26221&apar=only

http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/213

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100844757228307&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2001-12-12

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H