CVE-2003-0034 (GCVE-0-2003-0034)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2003-01-22 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 01:43
VLAI
Summary
Buffer overflow in the mtink status monitor, as included in the printer-drivers package in Mandrake Linux, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long HOME environment variable.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/… mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCH
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1005959 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6656 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.idefense.com/advisory/01.21.03.txt x_refsource_MISC
Date Public
2003-01-21 00:00
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