Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 2, 2002· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2002-1605

Description

Buffer overflow in HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1a, 5.1, 5.0a, 4.0g, and 4.0f allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long _XKB_CHARSET environment variable to (1) dxpause, (2) dxconsole, or (3) dtsession.

Affected products

HP/Hpux5 versions
cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
HP/Tru645 versions
cpe:2.3:o:hp:tru64:4.0f:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:o:hp:tru64:4.0f:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:hp:tru64:4.0g:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:hp:tru64:5.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:hp:tru64:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:hp:tru64:5.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.blacksheepnetworks.com/security/hack/tru64/TRU64_xkb.txtnvdExploit
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/569987nvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/584243nvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/693803nvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2002-q3/1203.htmlnvd
wwss1pro.compaq.com/support/reference_library/viewdocument.aspnvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/290115nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10016nvd

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