CVE-2001-1553

Published Dec 31, 2001

Last updated 16 years ago

Overview

Description: Buffer overflow in setiathome for SETI@home 3.03, if installed setuid, could allow local users to execute arbitrary code via long command line options (1) socks_server, (2) socks_user, and (3) socks_passwd. NOTE: since the default configuration of setiathome is not setuid, perhaps this issue should not be included in CVE.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 4.6
Impact score: 6.4
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:university_of_california:seti_at_home:3.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "88D22B13-107D-4F86-A46A-010948903A05"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References