Title: SCO UnixWare su(1) Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Severity: HIGH
Description:
Certain versions of Unixware ship with a version of su(1) which is vulnerable to a buffer overflow attack. This attack is possible because su(1) fails to sanity check user supplied data, in this instance a username supplied on the command line. Because su(1) is SUID root this attack may result in root privileges.
Affected Products:
- SCO Unixware 2.1.0
- SCO Unixware 7.0.0
- SCO Unixware 7.0.1
- SCO Unixware 7.1.0
- SCO Unixware 7.1.1
References:
- SCO: SCO Secure Technologies Group
- SCO: Vendor Homepage
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