CVE-1999-1570

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Summary

CVECVE-1999-1570
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-05-01 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in sar for OpenServer 5.0.5 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long -o parameter.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Caldera Openserver 5.0.5 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ISS X-Force Database: openserver-sar-bo (8989): Caldera OpenServer /usr/bin/sar buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net Patch, Vendor Advisory
'Sar -o exploitation process info.' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
SecurityFocus HOME Mailing List: BugTraq af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 online.securityfocus.com
stage.caldera.com/pub/security/openserver/CSSA-2002-SCO.17/CSSA-2002-SCO.17.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 stage.caldera.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Multiple Vendor SNMP Request Handling Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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