CVE-2002-1506

high

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.

References

http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/changes.hc?projet=linuxconf&version=1.28r4

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9980.php

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q3/0093.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2003-04-02

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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