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CVE-2003-0026
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the error handling routines of the minires library, as used in the NSUPDATE capability for ISC…
High7.5EPSS 18.9%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the error handling routines of the minires library, as used in the NSUPDATE capability for ISC DHCPD 3.0 through 3.0.1RC10, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a DHCP message containing a long hostname.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 6 days later
· 6 days later
Published
- 22 years later
· 22 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 18.9% · top 2.7% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (13)
- RHSA-2003:011 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- OpenPKG-SA-2003.002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENPKGx_transferred
- 1005924 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- DSA-231 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 6627 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- dhcpd-minires-multiple-bo(11073) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- MDKSA-2003:007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- VU#284857 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- CA-2003-01 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- N-031 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
- SuSE-SA:2003:006 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 20030122 [securityslackware.com: [slackware-security] New DHCP packages available] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- CLA-2003:562 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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