CVE-2002-1285 Privilege escalation in n/a
High 7.2
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2002-1285 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2002-1285 is a high-severity vulnerability in Suse Suse Linux, published on 14 Nov 2002. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1285 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Suse Suse Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-1285/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-1285/index.md)
Local attackers with lp user privileges can gain root access via command line arguments in the LPRng runlpr utility.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2002-1285?
CVE-2002-1285 is a high-severity vulnerability in Suse Suse Linux, published on 14 Nov 2002. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
runlpr in the LPRng package allows the local lp user to gain root privileges via certain command line arguments.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1285?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Suse Suse Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2002-1285?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-1285 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2002-1285 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1285 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Suse Suse Linux
- CVE-2007-0460 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2005-2023 The send_pinentry_environment function in asshelp.c in gpg2 on SUSE Linux 9.3 does not properly handle certain options, which can prevent pi
- CVE-2004-2004 The Live CD in SUSE LINUX 9.1 Personal edition is configured without a password for root, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges via SSH.
- CVE-2000-1040 Denial of service in n/a
- CVE-2000-1044 Memory corruption in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-63rm-wj2q-ggp8.