Executive Summary

Summary
Title Updated kon2 packages fix buffer overflow
Informations
Name RHSA-2003:050 First vendor Publication 2003-06-09
Vendor RedHat Last vendor Modification 2003-06-09
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision 01

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.2 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Problem Description:

Original Source

Url : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-050.html

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 5

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
2094 kon2 Command Line Parsing Overflow

A local overflow exists in kon2. The "kon" program fails to sanitize buffer input resulting in a buffer overflow. With a specially crafted request, an attacker can gain root privileges resulting in a loss of integrity.

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2004-07-31 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing a security update.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2003-064.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-07-06 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2003-050.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
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