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CVE-2003-0583 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Buffer overflow in Backup and Restore Utility for Unix (BRU))

Buffer overflow in Backup and Restore Utility for Unix (BRU) 17.0 and earlier, when running setuid, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long command line argument.

CVE IDCVE-2003-0583
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score7.2
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2003-08-18
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionBuffer overflow in Backup and Restore Utility for Unix (BRU) 17.0 and earlier, when running setuid, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long command line argument.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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