CVE-2002-1606

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2002-08-30 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1a, 5.1, 5.0a, 4.0g, and 4.0f allow local users to gain privileges via (1) lpc, (2) lpd, (3) lpq, (4) lpr, or (5) lprm.

Affected products

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) HP-UX: 10.20, 11.00, 11.04, 11.11, 11.22
HP Tru64: 4.0f, 4.0g, 5.0a, 5.1, 5.1a

References

http://wwss1pro.compaq.com/support/reference_library/viewdocument.asp?source=SRB0039W.xml&dt=11
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/293305
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/557481
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/651377
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/955065
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/965097
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10016
http://wwss1pro.compaq.com/support/reference_library/viewdocument.asp?source=SRB0039W.xml&dt=11
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/293305
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/557481
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/651377
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/955065

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