CVE-2002-0573 (GCVE-0-2002-0573)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2003-04-02 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 02:56
VLAI
Summary
Format string vulnerability in RPC wall daemon (rpc.rwalld) for Solaris 2.5.1 through 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format strings in a message that is not properly provided to the syslog function when the wall command cannot be executed.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/638099 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
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http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8971.php vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/… mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCH
Date Public
2002-04-30 00:00
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