01 Record
CVE-2001-0797
Buffer overflow in login in various System V based operating systems allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a large number of arguments through services such as telnet and rlogin.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Buffer overflow in login in various System V based operating systems allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a large number of arguments through services such as telnet and rlogin.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 94.92% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 99.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2002-06-25 04:00Z24 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 04:30Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2001-10-24
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 762498720b35cf6a5c715ab0172a3b49642b3331e82562a5072f1909b9a6039f
05 Affected products
06 References
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:2025https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2025
- www.cert.orgCA-2001-34http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-34.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comtelnet-tab-bo(7284)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7284
- www-1.ibm.comIY26221http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY26221&apar=only
- marc.info20011214 Sun Solaris login bug patches outhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100844757228307&w=2
- stage.caldera.comCSSA-2001-SCO.40ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/openserver/CSSA-2001-SCO.40/CSSA-2001-SCO.40.txt
- www.securityfocus.com20011219 Linux distributions and /bin/login overflowhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/246487
- patches.sgi.com20011201-01-Iftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20011201-01-I
- www.securityfocus.com3681http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3681
- xforce.iss.net20011212 Buffer Overflow in /bin/loginhttp://xforce.iss.net/alerts/advise105.php
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#569272http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/569272
- sunsolve.sun.com00213http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/213