CVE-2003-0709

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

20/10/2003

Last modified:

03/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

7.50

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:whois:whois:4.5.7:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:whois:whois:4.6.6:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

http://www.zone-h.org/en/advisories/read/id=2925/
http://www.zone-h.org/en/advisories/read/id=2925/