CVE-2002-0040

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-0040
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-03-28 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionVulnerability in SGI IRIX 6.5.11 through 6.5.15f allows local users to cause privileged applications to dump core via the HOSTALIASES environment variable, which might allow the users to gain privileges.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.1 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.10 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.11f All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.11m All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.12f All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.12m All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.13f All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.13m All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.14f All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.14m All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.15f All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.15m All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.2 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.3 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.4 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.5 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.6 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.7 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.8 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.9 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20020306-01-P af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patches.sgi.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
www.osvdb.org/2058 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
ISS X-Force Database: irix-hostaliases-gain-privileges (8669): SGI IRIX HOSTALIASES environment variable can be used to gain elevated privileges af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net
SGI IRIX HOSTALIASES Core Dump Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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