Title: MacOS X Sliplogin Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
The sliplogin utility is part of MacOS X. It has been reported that a buffer overflow condition occurs when the sliplogin utility is executed and is supplied with an excessively long argument.
The sliplogin utility is used to turn the terminal line on standard input into a Serial Line IP (SLIP) link to a remote host. The utility is reportedly configured as setuid root. It is possible to overflow the buffer of this utility by supplying an excessively long argument. This will cause the buffer to overflow and potentially execute malicious code as an administrator.
Affected Products:
- Apple Mac OS X 10.1.3
References:
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