CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2002-0844

Off-by-one Error

Published: Aug 12, 2002 | Modified: Feb 02, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Off-by-one overflow in the CVS PreservePermissions of rcs.c for CVSD before 1.11.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code.

Weakness

A product calculates or uses an incorrect maximum or minimum value that is 1 more, or 1 less, than the correct value.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Cvs Distrotech * 1.11.2 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 RedHat cvs-0:1.11.2-14 *

Potential Mitigations

References