CVE-2003-1118

Buffer overflow in the SETI@home client 3.03 and other versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client crash) and execute arbitrary code via a spoofed server response containing a long string followed by a \n (newline) character.

CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-April/004383.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/146785	Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7292	Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11731

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:university_of_california:seti_at_home:3.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:university_of_california:seti_at_home:3.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:university_of_california:seti_at_home:3.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:university_of_california:seti_at_home:3.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:university_of_california:seti_at_home:3.7:::::::*

Information

Published : 2003-12-30 21:00

Updated : 2017-07-10 18:29

NVD link : CVE-2003-1118

Mitre link : CVE-2003-1118

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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Products Affected

university_of_california

seti_at_home

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