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Title: IRIX syserr temporary file Vulnerability

Severity: MODERATE

Description:

The syserr program is a root program that creates the /usr/tmp/.syserr.data file which could be manipulated to gain root access and thereby is a security issue.

This is SGI Incident # 498885.

Affected Products:

  • SGI IRIX 5.3.0
  • SGI IRIX 6.2.0
  • SGI IRIX 6.3.0
  • SGI IRIX 6.4.0

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