CVE-2003-0124

critical

Description

man before 1.5l allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed man file with improper quotes, which causes the my_xsprintf function to return a string with the value "unsafe," which is then executed as a program via a system call if it is in the search path of the user who runs man.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11512

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-134.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-133.html

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104802285112752&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104740927915154&w=2

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000620

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2003-03-18

Updated: 2017-10-10

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical