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CVE-2002-0184 Detail

Description

Sudo before 1.6.6 contains an off-by-one error that can result in a heap-based buffer overflow that may allow local users to gain root privileges via special characters in the -p (prompt) argument, which are not properly expanded.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000475 CVE, MITRE Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101974610509912&w=2 CVE, MITRE Mailing List 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101975443619600&w=2 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Patch 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101979472822196&w=2 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Patch 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102010164413135&w=2 CVE, MITRE Mailing List 
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-128 CVE, MITRE Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8936.php CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/820083 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-028.php3 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-2040.html CVE, MITRE Broken Link  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_014_sudo_txt.html CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-071.html CVE, MITRE Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-072.html CVE, MITRE Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4593 CVE, MITRE Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-131 Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2002-0184
NVD Published Date:
05/16/2002
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
MITRE