Caldera Open Unix UIDAdmin Scheme Option Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:3244

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Caldera Open Unix UIDAdmin Scheme Option Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 3244
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Aug 27 2001 12:00AM
Updated: Aug 27 2001 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was announced in a Caldera Security Advisory posted to Bugtraq on August 27, 2001.
Vulnerable: Caldera UnixWare 7
Caldera OpenUnix 8.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Caldera Open Unix UIDAdmin Scheme Option Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Open Unix is the commercially available Unix derivative available from Caldera International. It was originally UnixWare avaiable from Santa Cruz Operations.

A buffer overflow in uidadmin has been discovered. The -S option does not correctly handle long arguments, resulting in a buffer overflow.

A local user may exploit this vulnerability to gain root access.

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Caldera Open Unix UIDAdmin Scheme Option Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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