CVE-2003-0156

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2003-0156 · Published 24/03/2003 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2003-0156 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting lxr (cross referencer).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 4.3%, higher than 91.2% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
lxr cross_referencer	`= 0.3= 0.8= 0.9= 0.9.1= 0.9.2`	No fix yet

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Cross-Referencing Linux (LXR) allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences in the v parameter.

References

marc.info
debian.org/security/2003/dsa-264 · Patch
securityfocus.com/bid/7062 · Patch

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