CVE-2002-0371

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-0371
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-07-03 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in gopher client for Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.1 through 6.0, Proxy Server 2.0, or ISA Server 2000 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a gopher:// URL that redirects the user to a real or simulated gopher server that sends a long response.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 All All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 sp2 All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 All All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 sp2 All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 All All All
Application Microsoft Isa Server 2000 All All All
Application Microsoft Isa Server 2000 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Proxy Server 2.0 All All All
Application Microsoft Proxy Server 2.0 sp1 All All
Application University Of Minnesota Gopher All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#440275 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Multiple Microsoft Product Gopher Client Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
'Microsoft releases critical fix that breaks their own software!' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
'Buffer overflow in MSIE gopher code' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
ISS X-Force Database: ie-gopher-bo (9247): Microsoft Internet Explorer Gopher client malformed reply buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net
online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276848 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 online.securityfocus.com
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-027 - Critical | Microsoft Docs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.microsoft.com
Fixing Microsoft's Fix af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.pivx.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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