Title: ToolTalk Library Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Severity: HIGH
Description:
ToolTalk is part of the Common Desktop Environment (CDE) package distributed with various commercial implementations of the Unix Operating System.
A problem has been found that could allow local users unauthorized access to system resources. The problem is in the implementation of the ToolTalk.
A library in the ToolTalk suite has been found to not perform adequate bounds checking. A program linked against this library could be vulnerable to attack, allowing a buffer overflow and the execution of code.
Since numerous setuid executables included with the CDE suite are linked against the ToolTalk libtt.so.1 library, this makes it possible for a local user to execute code, and potentially gain elevated privileges.
Affected Products:
- Caldera OpenUnix 8.0.0
- Caldera UnixWare 0.0.07
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