CVE-2001-0797

Summary

CVECVE-2001-0797
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2001-12-12 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in login in various System V based operating systems allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a large number of arguments through services such as telnet and rlogin.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 10.00 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 10.01 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 10.10 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 10.20 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 10.24 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 11.0.4 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 11.00 All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 11.11 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 4.3 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 4.3.1 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 4.3.2 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 4.3.3 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 5.1 All All All
Operating System Sco Openserver 5.0 All All All
Operating System Sco Openserver 5.0.1 All All All
Operating System Sco Openserver 5.0.2 All All All
Operating System Sco Openserver 5.0.3 All All All
Operating System Sco Openserver 5.0.4 All All All
Operating System Sco Openserver 5.0.5 All All All
Operating System Sco Openserver 5.0.6 All All All
Operating System Sco Openserver 5.0.6a All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 3.2 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 3.3 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 3.3.1 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 3.3.2 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 3.3.3 All All All
Operating System Sun Solaris 2.4 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Solaris 2.5 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Solaris 2.5.1 All ppc All
Operating System Sun Solaris 2.5.1 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Solaris 2.6 All All All
Operating System Sun Solaris 7.0 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Solaris 8.0 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Sunos - All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.0 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.1 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.2 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.3 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.4 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.5 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.5.1 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.7 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.8 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
stage.caldera.com/pub/security/openserver/CSSA-2001-SCO.40/CSSA-2001-SCO.40.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 stage.caldera.com
marc.info af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
CERT Advisory CA-2001-34 Buffer Overflow in System V Derived Login af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cert.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
xforce.iss.net/alerts/advise105.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 xforce.iss.net Patch, Vendor Advisory
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#569272 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Search results af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www-1.ibm.com
Multiple Vendor System V Derived 'login' Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20011201-01-I af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patches.sgi.com
Sun Security Bulletins Article 213 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
SecurityFocus HOME Mailing List: BugTraq af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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