Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 19, 2003· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2003-0333
CVE-2003-0333
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in kermit in HP-UX 10.20 and 11.00 (C-Kermit 6.0.192 and possibly other versions before 8.0) allow local users to gain privileges via long arguments to (1) ask, (2) askq, (3) define, (4) assign, and (5) getc, some of which may share the same underlying function "doask," a different vulnerability than CVE-2001-0085.
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 10.20, 11.00
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
6- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/971364nvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/7627nvdVendor Advisory
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/hp/current/0044.htmlnvd
- marc.infonvd
- marc.infonvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11929nvd
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