Title: SGI IRIX Mail Core Dump Vulnerability
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
IRIX is the Unix derivative operating system distributed and maintained by SGI.
A problem has been discovered in IRIX that may potentially lead to elevated privileges. The problem is in the mail program.
Under some circumstances, it may be possible for a local user to force the mail program to core dump. This problem is likely due to a buffer overflow. As the mail program is typically a setgid mail executable, this could lead to a local privilege elevation.
This problem may make it possible for a local user to gain read access to member's email, including that of root.
Affected Products:
- SGI IRIX 6.5.0
- SGI IRIX 6.5.1
- SGI IRIX 6.5.10
- SGI IRIX 6.5.11f
- SGI IRIX 6.5.11m
- SGI IRIX 6.5.12 f
- SGI IRIX 6.5.12 m
- SGI IRIX 6.5.13 f
- SGI IRIX 6.5.13 m
- SGI IRIX 6.5.14 f
- SGI IRIX 6.5.14 m
- SGI IRIX 6.5.15f
- SGI IRIX 6.5.15m
- 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
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