CVE-2003-0102

Summary

CVECVE-2003-0102
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-03-18 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2018-05-03 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in tryelf() in readelf.c of the file command allows attackers to execute arbitrary code as the user running file, possibly via a large entity size value in an ELF header (elfhdr.e_shentsize).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application File File 3.28 All All All
Application File File 3.30 All All All
Application File File 3.32 All All All
Application File File 3.33 All All All
Application File File 3.34 All All All
Application File File 3.35 All All All
Application File File 3.36 All All All
Application File File 3.37 All All All
Application File File 3.39 All All All
Application File File 3.40 All All All
Application File File 3.28 All All All
Application File File 3.30 All All All
Application File File 3.32 All All All
Application File File 3.33 All All All
Application File File 3.34 All All All
Application File File 3.35 All All All
Application File File 3.36 All All All
Application File File 3.37 All All All
Application File File 3.39 All All All
Application File File 3.40 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.5 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.5.1 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.5.2 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.5.3 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.6 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.5 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.5.1 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.5.2 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.5.3 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.6 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Mandrakesoft Security Advisories MANDRAKE www.mandrakesoft.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
iDEFENSE MISC www.idefense.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
File Local Stack Overflow Code Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-260-1 file DEBIAN www.debian.org
NOVELL: Broken Link - 404 Error Pages SUSE www.novell.com
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#611865 CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
NetBSD-SA2003-003 NETBSD ftp.netbsd.org
20030304 iDEFENSE Security Advisory 03.04.03: Locally Exploitable Buffer Overflow in file(1) BUGTRAQ marc.info
LWN: Immunix alert IMNX-2003-7+-012-01 (file) IMMUNIX lwn.net
redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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