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Buffer overflow in rwrite for HP-UX 11.0 could allow...

High severity Unreviewed Published Apr 29, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 30, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Buffer overflow in rwrite for HP-UX 11.0 could allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a long argument. NOTE: the vendor was unable to reproduce the problem on a system that had been patched for an lp vulnerability (CVE-2002-1473).

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 31, 2003
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 29, 2022
Last updated Jan 30, 2023

Severity

High

EPSS score

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Weaknesses

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2003-1461

GHSA ID

GHSA-69q2-4j65-gwmx

Source code

No known source code

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