CVE-2002-0900 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in pks PGP public key web server before 0.9.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long search argument to the lookup capability.

Published: 2003-04-02

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 15.5% Moderate

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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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mit:pgp_public_key_server:0.9.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mit:pgp_public_key_server:0.9.4:::::::*

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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-2002-0891	Buffer overflow in pks PGP public key web server before 0.9.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long search argument to the lookup capability.

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 0.15513.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/274107
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9171.php
http://www.rubin.ch/pgp/src/patch_buffoverflow20020525
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4828

History

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Subscriptions

Mit Pgp Public Key Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:03:49.291Z

Reserved: 2002-08-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-0900

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-10-04T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2002-0900

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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