CVE-2002-0062

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-0062
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-03-08 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in ncurses 5.0, and the ncurses4 compatibility package as used in Red Hat Linux, allows local users to gain privileges, related to "routines for moving the physical cursor and scrolling."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-120 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 2.2 All 68k All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 2.2 All alpha All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 2.2 All arm All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 2.2 All ia-32 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 2.2 All powerpc All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 2.2 All sparc All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.2 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.3 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.4 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.5 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.5.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.1.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.0 All All All
Application Gnu Ncurses All All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 6.1 All alpha All
Operating System Redhat Linux 6.1 All i386 All
Operating System Redhat Linux 6.1 All sparc All
Operating System Redhat Linux 7.0 All alpha All
Operating System Redhat Linux 7.0 All i386 All
Operating System Redhat Linux 7.1 All alpha All
Operating System Redhat Linux 7.1 All i386 All
Operating System Redhat Linux 7.2 All i386 All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 6.2 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 6.3 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 7.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-113-1 ncurses af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
504 Gateway Time-out af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
ISS X-Force Database: gnu-ncurses-window-bo (8222): GNU Ncurses large window buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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