Unscored severity · published Dec 31, 2002
CVE-2002-1689
Unknown vulnerability in the login program on AIX before 4.0 could allow remote users to specify 100 or more environment variables when logging on, which exceeds the length of a…
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CVSS
2.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Unknown vulnerability in the login program on AIX before 4.0 could allow remote users to specify 100 or more environment variables when logging on, which exceeds the length of a certain string, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.1% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AI
Aix · Ibm
3.2.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1689
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-1689
archives.neohapsis.com
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/aix/2002-q1/0005.html
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