CVE-2005-2926

Summary

CVECVE-2005-2926
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-10-25 16:02:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 22:48:00 UTC
DescriptionStack-based buffer overflow in (1) backupsh and (2) authsh in SCO Openserver 5.0.7 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long HOME environment variable.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Sco Openserver All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityTracker.com Archives - SCO OpenServer Buffer Overflow in authsh and backupsh Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges SECTRACK securitytracker.com
SCOSA-2005.40 SCO ftp.sco.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
SCO OpenServer authsh and backupsh Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
20153 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
20154 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
iDefense Security Intelligence Deliverables -- Managed Security Services and Information Security Documents // iDefense Labs IDEFENSE www.idefense.com
SCO OpenServer Backupsh Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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