CVE-2003-0828 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in freesweep in Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 allows local users to gain "games" group privileges when processing environment variables.

Published: 2004-03-10

Score: 4.6 Medium

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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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gus_and_psilord:freesweep:0.88:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gus_and_psilord:freesweep:0.90:::::::*

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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-2003-0819	Buffer overflow in freesweep in Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 allows local users to gain "games" group privileges when processing environment variables.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

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 0.00083.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-391
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8716
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13301

History

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Subscriptions

Gus And Psilord Freesweep

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-03-10T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:05:12.636Z

Reserved: 2003-09-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-0828

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-03-29T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2003-0828

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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