CVE-2003-0693
Published Sep 22, 2003
Last updated 4 months ago
Overview
- Description
- A "buffer management error" in buffer_append_space of buffer.c for OpenSSH before 3.7 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by causing an incorrect amount of memory to be freed and corrupting the heap, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-0695.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 10
- Impact score
- 10
- Exploitability score
- 10
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- NVD-CWE-Other
Vendor comments
- Red HatNot vulnerable. This flaw is fixed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 via the errata RHSA-2003:280. This flaw is fixed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 as a backported patch. The source RPM contains the patch openssh-3.6.1p2-owl-realloc.diff which resolved this flaw before Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 GA. This flaw does not affect any subsequent versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Configurations
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"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
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"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "2E1779D8-B799-4E1A-9783-9536CF009013",
"versionEndIncluding": "3.7"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]