FKIE_CVE-2002-0573

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2002-07-03 04:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 21:57
Severity
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0049.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/270268Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-10.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8971.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/638099US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.osvdb.org/778
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4639Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A41
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A79
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0049.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/270268Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-10.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8971.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/638099US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/778
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4639Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A41
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A79
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
sun solaris 2.6
sun solaris 7.0
sun solaris 8.0
sun sunos -
sun sunos 5.7
sun sunos 5.8
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