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Buffer overflow in the whois client, which is not setuid but is sometimes called from within CGI programs, may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long command line option

Published Sep 3, 2003

Description

Buffer overflow in the whois client, which is not setuid but is sometimes called from within CGI programs, may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long command line option.

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Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

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Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (1)

Change history (0)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Sep 3, 2003
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Sep 2, 2003
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a