CVE-2005-0464

MITRE NVD CVE.ORG Print: PDF PDF

Summary

CVECVE-2005-0464
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-05-02 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2008-09-05 20:46:00 UTC
Descriptiongr_osview in SGI IRIX 6.5.22, and possibly other 6.5 versions, does not drop privileges when opening description files while in debug mode, which allows local users to read a line from arbitrary files via the -d and -D options, which prints the line as a formatting error.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.22 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.22 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityTracker.com Archives - SGI IRIX gr_osview Lets Local Users Obtain Sensitive Information and Overwrite Arbitrary Files SECTRACK securitytracker.com
Accenture | Let there be change IDEFENSE www.idefense.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
15351 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
20050402-01-P SGI patches.sgi.com Patch
Secunia - Advisories - SGI IRIX gr_osview Privilege Escalation and Information Disclosure SECUNIA secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
© CVE.report 2026 |

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report