Buffer overflow in setlocale in libc on NetBSD 1.4.x through 1.6, and possibly other operating systems, when called with the LC_ALL category, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code via a user-controlled locale string that has more than 6 elements, which exceeds the boundaries of the new_categories category array, as exploitable through programs such as xterm and zsh.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-09-01T04:00:00

Updated: 2004-08-18T00:00:00

Reserved: 2003-02-05T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2002-1476

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2003-04-22T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2008-09-05T20:30:42.030


Link: CVE-2002-1476

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