Buffer overflow in setlocale in libc on NetBSD 1.4.x through 1.6, and possibly other operating systems, when called with the LC_ALL category, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code via a user-controlled locale string that has more than 6 elements, which exceeds the boundaries of the new_categories category array, as exploitable through programs such as xterm and zsh.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2004-09-01T04:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-08T03:26:28.434Z
Reserved: 2003-02-05T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2002-1476
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2003-04-22T04:00:00.000
Modified: 2024-11-20T23:41:23.890
Link: CVE-2002-1476
Redhat
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