CVE-2003-0709
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.
02 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.
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
- 2.80% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 86.2% 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
- 2003-09-03 04:00Z23 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 02:05Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2003-09-02
- 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
- 47db2a9ab772a8cd686bb7aeadd42c7aedc74a4ae3a675064cbd55218a39c2da
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.zone-h.orghttp://www.zone-h.org/en/advisories/read/id=2925/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- whois Fixed in 4.6.7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- whois Fixed in 4.6.7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- whois Fixed in 4.6.7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.