CVE-2002-0884: Caldera Openunix

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in in.rarpd (ARP server) on Solaris, Caldera UnixWare and Open UNIX, and possibly other operating systems, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format strings that are not properly handled in the functions (1) syserr and (2) error.

Affected products

• Caldera Openunix: version 8.0 only
• Caldera Unixware: version 7.1.1 only
• Sun Sunos: version 5.7 only; version 5.8 only

Published 2002-10-04. Last modified 2026-06-16.