CVEvulnerability
CVE-2002-0517
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2002-08-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
Buffer overflow in X11 library (libX11) on Caldera Open UNIX 8.0.0, UnixWare 7.1.1, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to gain root privileges via a long -xrm argument to programs such as (1) dtterm or (2) xterm.
Affected configurations
• caldera unixware 7.1.1
• caldera openunix 8.0
References
- ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/openunix/CSSA-2002-SCO.15/CSSA-2002-SCO.15.txt stage.caldera.com
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-01/0099.html archives.neohapsis.com
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7282.php Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8828.php www.iss.net
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/169059 US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/249106 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4502 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/openunix/CSSA-2002-SCO.15/CSSA-2002-SCO.15.txt stage.caldera.com
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-01/0099.html archives.neohapsis.com
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7282.php Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8828.php www.iss.net
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/169059 US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/249106 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4502 Patch, Vendor Advisory