Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2002-1689 (CCN-21918)

Assigned:2002-12-31
Published:2002-12-31
Updated:2008-09-05
Summary: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.
CVSS v3 Severity:10.0 Critical (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Changed
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:10.0 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
10.0 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-Other
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Access
References:Source: AIXAPAR
Type: UNKNOWN
IY27778

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2002-1689

Source: CCN
Type: IBM APAR IY27778
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE NAME STRING TOO SHORT.

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 21395
IBM AIX login Environment Variable Saturation Overflow

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
aix-login-username-bo(21918)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/o:ibm:aix:3.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/o:ibm:aix:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    ibm aix 3.2.5
    ibm aix 4.3