ID CVE-2002-1476
Summary 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.
References
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.6:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.6:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS
Base: 4.6 (as of 05-09-2008 - 20:30)
Impact:
Exploitability:
CWE NVD-CWE-Other
CAPEC
Access
VectorComplexityAuthentication
LOCAL LOW NONE
Impact
ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
PARTIAL PARTIAL PARTIAL
cvss-vector via4 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
refmap via4
bid 5724
netbsd NetBSD-SA2002-012
osvdb 7565
xf netbsd-libc-setlocale-bo(10159)
Last major update 05-09-2008 - 20:30
Published 22-04-2003 - 04:00
Last modified 05-09-2008 - 20:30
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