# CVE-2002-1594: Buffer overflow in (1) grpck and (2) pwck, if installed setuid on a system as recommended in some AIX documentation, may allow local users t

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2005-03-13 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/877811
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/121891
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7857
- http://marc.info/?l=vulnwatch&m=100998205010794&w=2
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7859
- http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/pseries/topic/com.ibm.aix.doc/cmds/aixcmds2/grpck.htm
- http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=100999352406822&w=2

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