CVE-2004-0074 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in xsok 1.02 allows local users to gain privileges via (1) a long LANG environment variable, or (2) a long -xsokdir command line argument, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-0949.

Published: 2004-01-22

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:michael_bischoff:xsok:1.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-0074	Multiple buffer overflows in xsok 1.02 allows local users to gain privileges via (1) a long LANG environment variable, or (2) a long -xsokdir command line argument, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-0949.

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 0.00268.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107307407027259&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107332542918529&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9341
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9352
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14906
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14910

History

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Subscriptions

Michael Bischoff Xsok

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-01-22T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:01:23.687Z

Reserved: 2004-01-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-0074

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-02-17T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2004-0074

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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