CVE Catalog

CVE-2003-0061

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Buffer overflow in passwd for HP UX B.10.20 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via a long LANG environment variable.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability poses a serious security risk as local users can gain unauthorized access to administrator privileges.

Recommendation

It is recommended to limit the length of the LANG environment variable and update the system to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in passwd for HP UX B.10.20 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via a long LANG environment variable.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS