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Buffer overflow in the diagnostics library in AIX allows...

Low severity Unreviewed Published Apr 30, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 30, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Buffer overflow in the diagnostics library in AIX allows local users to "cause data and instructions to be overwritten" via a long DIAGNOSTICS environment variable.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 31, 2002
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 30, 2022
Last updated Jan 30, 2023

Severity

Low

EPSS score

0.042%
(5th percentile)

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2002-1687

GHSA ID

GHSA-g7jw-7g8q-7f72

Source code

No known source code

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