CVE-2002-0686 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in the search component for iPlanet Web Server (iWS) 4.1 and Sun ONE Web Server 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the NS-rel-doc-name parameter.

Published: 2002-07-15

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 3.4% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:iplanet:iplanet_web_server:4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:iplanet:iplanet_web_server:6.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-0680	Buffer overflow in the search component for iPlanet Web Server (iWS) 4.1 and Sun ONE Web Server 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the NS-rel-doc-name parameter.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03447.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102622220416889&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9506.php
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/612843
http://www.nextgenss.com/vna/sun-iws.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4851

History

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Subscriptions

Iplanet Iplanet Web Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-07-15T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:56:38.719Z

Reserved: 2002-07-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-0686

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-07-23T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2002-0686

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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