CVE-2004-0524 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Buffer overflow in the chpasswd command in the Change_passwd plugin before 4.0, as used in SquirrelMail, allows local users to gain root privileges via a long user name.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03726.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Thiago Melo De Paula	Change Passwd

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:thiago_melo_de_paula:change_passwd:3.1.1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-0523	Buffer overflow in the chpasswd command in the Change_passwd plugin before 4.0, as used in SquirrelMail, allows local users to gain root privileges via a long user name.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108222863917958&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108311782032370&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/11415
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10166
http://www.squirrelmail.org/plugin_view.php?id=117
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15889

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-06-08T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:24:25.530Z

Reserved: 2004-06-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2004-0524

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2004-08-06T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2004-0524

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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