Vulnerabilities > CVE-1999-1571 - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in SCO Openserver 5.0.0/5.0.5
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
Buffer overflow in sar for SCO OpenServer 5.0.0 through 5.0.5 may allow local users to gain root privileges via a long -f parameter, a different vulnerability than CVE-1999-1570.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| OS | 2 |
References
- ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/sse/security_bulletins/SB-99.17c
- ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/sse/sse037c/sse037c.ltr
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93762097815861&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94053017801639&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94183363719024&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=102098949103708&w=2
- http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/1843
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/27074
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8989.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/643