CVE-2002-0686

HIGH 7.5CVE-2002-0686 · Published 23/07/2002 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2002-0686 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting iplanet web server (iplanet).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 4.3%, higher than 91.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
iplanet web server iplanet	`= 4.1= 6.0`	No fix yet

Description

Buffer overflow in the search component for iPlanet Web Server (iWS) 4.1 and Sun ONE Web Server 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the NS-rel-doc-name parameter.

References

marc.info
iss.net/security_center/static/9506.php · Vendor Advisory
kb.cert.org/vuls/id/612843 · US Government Resource
nextgenss.com/vna/sun-iws.txt
securityfocus.com/bid/4851 · Patch

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