CVE-2003-0102

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Summary

CVECVE-2003-0102
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-03-18 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

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
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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2003-003.txt.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.netbsd.org
Mandrakesoft Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandrakesoft.com
LWN: Immunix alert IMNX-2003-7+-012-01 (file) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lwn.net
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
File Local Stack Overflow Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
marc.info af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-260-1 file af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#611865 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
iDEFENSE af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.idefense.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
NOVELL: Broken Link - 404 Error Pages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 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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