| Name | CVE-2002-1594 |
| Description | Buffer overflow in (1) grpck and (2) pwck, if installed setuid on a system as recommended in some AIX documentation, may allow local users to gain privileges via a long command line argument. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| shadow (PTS) | buster | 1:4.5-1.1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1:4.8.1-1 | fixed |
| trixie, bookworm | 1:4.13+dfsg1-1 | fixed |
| sid | 1:4.13+dfsg1-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| shadow | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- shadow <not-affected> (Debian's pwck and grpck do not overflow and are not suid)