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CVE-2002-0900

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-10-04 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in pks PGP public key web server before 0.9.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long search argument to the lookup capability.

Affected products

• MIT Pgp Public Key Server: 0.9.2, 0.9.4

References

• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/274107
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9171.php
• http://www.rubin.ch/pgp/src/patch_buffoverflow20020525
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4828
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/274107
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9171.php
• http://www.rubin.ch/pgp/src/patch_buffoverflow20020525
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4828

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