IRIX uux Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:5892

Info

IRIX uux Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 5892
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Oct 04 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 04 2002 12:00AM
Credit: This issue was announced in an SGI security advisory.
Vulnerable: SGI IRIX 6.5.17 m
SGI IRIX 6.5.17
SGI IRIX 6.5.16 m
SGI IRIX 6.5.16
SGI IRIX 6.5.15 m
SGI IRIX 6.5.15
SGI IRIX 6.5.14 m
SGI IRIX 6.5.14
SGI IRIX 6.5.13 m
SGI IRIX 6.5.13
SGI IRIX 6.5.12
SGI IRIX 6.5.11
SGI IRIX 6.5.10
SGI IRIX 6.5.9
SGI IRIX 6.5.8
SGI IRIX 6.5.7
SGI IRIX 6.5.6
SGI IRIX 6.5.5
SGI IRIX 6.5.4
SGI IRIX 6.5.3
SGI IRIX 6.5.2
SGI IRIX 6.5.1
SGI IRIX 6.5
Not Vulnerable: SGI IRIX 6.5.18

Discussion

IRIX uux Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

A buffer overflow condition has been discovered in the uux program shipped with IRIX operating systems.

Precise details regarding the cause of the overflow are not yet known.

Exploitation of this issue could result in the execution of arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

It should be noted that the uux program is part of the eoe.sw.uucp package, which is not installed by default.

This vulnerability could be similar to the issue described in bid 2947.

Exploit / POC

IRIX uux Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

IRIX uux Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
It has been reported by SGI that patches previously released were not compatible with eachother. A new advisory containing working fixes has been released. Further details regarding this change can be found in the referenced advisory. Users of versions without available patches are advised to upgrade to IRIX 6.5.18 or later.


SGI IRIX 6.5

SGI IRIX 6.5.1

SGI IRIX 6.5.10

SGI IRIX 6.5.11

SGI IRIX 6.5.12

SGI IRIX 6.5.13 m

SGI IRIX 6.5.13

SGI IRIX 6.5.14

SGI IRIX 6.5.14 m

SGI IRIX 6.5.15 m

SGI IRIX 6.5.15

SGI IRIX 6.5.16 m

SGI IRIX 6.5.16

SGI IRIX 6.5.17

SGI IRIX 6.5.17 m

SGI IRIX 6.5.2

SGI IRIX 6.5.3

SGI IRIX 6.5.4

SGI IRIX 6.5.5

SGI IRIX 6.5.6

SGI IRIX 6.5.7

SGI IRIX 6.5.8

SGI IRIX 6.5.9

References

IRIX uux Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

References:

© 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.

Free CVE JSON API cve.report/api

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