National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2001-1022
Original release date:07/26/2001
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Format string vulnerability in pic utility in groff 1.16.1 and other versions, and jgroff before 1.15, allows remote attackers to bypass the -S option and execute arbitrary commands via format string specifiers in the plot command.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: XF
Name: linux-groff-format-string(6918)
Type: Patch Information
External Source: BID
Name: 3103
Type: Patch Information
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20010727 ADV/EXP:pic/lpd remote exploit - RH 7.0
Type: Patch Information
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-072
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2002:004
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 1914
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-107
External Source: CONECTIVA
Name: CLA-2001:428
