CVE-2002-1689 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Unknown vulnerability in the login program on AIX before 4.0)
Unknown vulnerability in the login program on AIX before 4.0 could allow remote users to specify 100 or more environment variables when logging on, which exceeds the length of a certain string, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.
| CVE ID | CVE-2002-1689 |
|---|---|
| Severity | HIGH |
| CVSS score | 10.0 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2002-12-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | Unknown vulnerability in the login program on AIX before 4.0 could allow remote users to specify 100 or more environment variables when logging on, which exceeds the length of a certain string, possibly triggering a buffer overflow. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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