| Name | CVE-2003-0034 |
| Description | Buffer overflow in the mtink status monitor, as included in the printer-drivers package in Mandrake Linux, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long HOME environment variable. |
| 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 |
|---|
| mtink (PTS) | bullseye | 1.0.16-11 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.0.16-16 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| mtink | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- mtink <not-affected> (Not installed setuid or setgid, so this is not exploitable)
HOME overflow was fixed in mainSrc/rcfile.c, but not in
chooser/mtinkc.c's version, which goes into mtinkc