SCO OpenServer sendmail Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:2593

Info

SCO OpenServer sendmail Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 2593
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Apr 13 2001 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 13 2001 12:00AM
Credit: Reported to bugtraq by Secure Network Operations <[email protected]> on 27 Mar 2001
Vulnerable: SCO Open Server 5.0.6
SCO Open Server 5.0.5
SCO Open Server 5.0.4
SCO Open Server 5.0.3
SCO Open Server 5.0.2
SCO Open Server 5.0.1
SCO Open Server 5.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

SCO OpenServer sendmail Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SCO OpenServer 5 ships with several suid 'root' executables used for email-related tasks.

This includes sendmail, a component used to deliver or forward email messages to recipients.

'sendmail' contains a confirmed locally exploitable buffer overflow condition present in the handling of command-line parameters.

If properly exploited, this can yield user root privileges to the attacker.

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SCO OpenServer sendmail Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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