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CVE-2002-0686

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-07-23 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the search component for iPlanet Web Server (iWS) 4.1 and Sun ONE Web Server 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the NS-rel-doc-name parameter.

Affected products

• Iplanet Web Server: 4.1, 6.0

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102622220416889&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9506.php
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/612843
• http://www.nextgenss.com/vna/sun-iws.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4851
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102622220416889&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9506.php
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/612843
• http://www.nextgenss.com/vna/sun-iws.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4851

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