CVE-2003-0697 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Format string vulnerability in lpd in the bos.rte.printers fileset for AIX 4.3 through 5.2, with debug enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or gain root privileges.

Published: 2003-09-23

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very 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:o:ibm:aix:4.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2:::::::*

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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-2003-0688	Format string vulnerability in lpd in the bos.rte.printers fileset for AIX 4.3 through 5.2, with debug enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or gain root privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

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 0.00161.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www-1.ibm.com/services/continuity/recover1.nsf/mss/MSS-OAR-E01-2003.1605.1
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY45250&apar=only
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY45344&apar=only
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY46256&apar=only

History

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Subscriptions

Ibm Aix

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-09-23T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:05:12.416Z

Reserved: 2003-08-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-0697

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-10-06T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2003-0697

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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