CVE-2004-0103 Memory corruption in n/a
Local attackers can exploit a buffer overflow in the crawl utility to gain elevated privileges on Debian systems.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2004-0103?
CVE-2004-0103 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Feb 2004. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
crawl before 4.0.0 beta23 does not properly "apply a size check" when copying a certain environment variable, which may allow local users to gain privileges, possibly as a result of a buffer overflow.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0103?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linley Henzell Crawl.
How do I fix CVE-2004-0103?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2004-0103 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-0103 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0103, DSA-432, GHSA-qx9x-wmwc-fcv2.