Title: IRIX eject Vulnerability
Severity: HIGH
Description:
A vulnerability exists in the eject program shipped with Irix 6.2 from Silicon Graphics. By supplying a long argument to the eject program, it is possible to overwrite the return address on the stack, and execute arbitrary code as root. Eject is normally used to eject removeable media from the system, and as such is setuid root to allow for any user at the console to perform eject operations.
Affected Products:
- SGI IRIX 6.0.0
- SGI IRIX 6.0.1
- SGI IRIX 6.0.1 XFS
- SGI IRIX 6.1.0
- SGI IRIX 6.2.0
References:
- Silicon Graphics Inc.: SGI Support
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