CVE-2002-1199

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-1199
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-10-28 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe getdbm procedure in ypxfrd allows local users to read arbitrary files, and remote attackers to read databases outside /var/yp, via a directory traversal and symlink attack on the domain and map arguments.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Caldera Openlinux 2.2 All All All
Operating System Caldera Openlinux 2.3 All All All
Operating System Caldera Openlinux 2.4 All All All
Operating System Sco Openserver 5.0.5 All All All
Operating System Sco Openserver 5.0.6 All All All
Operating System Sco Openserver 5.0.6a All All All
Operating System Sun Solaris 9.0 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.7 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.8 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ISS X-Force Database: ypxfrd-file-disclosure (10329): Multiple vendor ypxfrd daemon file disclosure af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#538033 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
ypxfrd Local File Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Free Sun Alert Notifications Article 47903 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
'Multiple vendor ypxfrd map handling vulnerability' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
ftp.caldera.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/CSSA-2002-SCO.40 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.caldera.com
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