Buffer overflow in Linuxconf before 1.28r4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long LINUXCONF_LANG environment variable, which overflows an error string that is generated.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2002-1489 Buffer overflow in Linuxconf before 1.28r4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long LINUXCONF_LANG environment variable, which overflows an error string that is generated.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:26:28.660Z

Reserved: 2003-02-05T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2002-1506

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2003-04-02T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2002-1506

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