CVE-2002-1689

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.

10.0

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.42% Top 25%

Vendor Advisory neohapsis.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/aix/2002-q1/0005.html	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2002-1689?: CVE-2002-1689 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2002-1689?: To fix CVE-2002-1689, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2002-1689 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2002-1689 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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