CVE-2003-0144

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    CVE-2003-0144

    Published: 31 Mar 2003Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Buffer overflow in the lprm command in the lprold lpr package on SuSE 7.1 through 7.3, OpenBSD 3.2 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to gain root privileges via long command line arguments such as (1) request ID or (2) user name.

    References: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20030406-02-P, http://secunia.com/advisories/8293, http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-267, http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-275, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:059, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_014_lprold.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7025, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7025, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7025, ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.2/common/010_lprm.patch, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104690434504429&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104714441925019&w=2, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11473

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High