DNS: SCO Openserver named Buffer Overflow (2)
The DNS daemon (named) shipped with several versions of SCO Openserver is vulnerable to a buffer overflow attack. Successful exploitation of this attack will result in the attacker gaining control of the victim with permissions of the user running named. This affects SCO OpenServer 5.0.4 and prior versions using the same named.
References
Short Name
DNS:OVERFLOW:SCO-NAMED2-OF2
Severity
Critical
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
DNS
Keywords
(2) Buffer Openserver Overflow SCO named
Release Date
04/22/2003
Supported Platforms
srx-branch-12.3
srx-19.3
srx-branch-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.2
srx-branch-19.4
vsrx-19.4
mx-12.3
mx-19.4
vmx-19.4
mx-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.4
srx-19.4
vsrx-12.3
vmx-19.3
vsrx-19.2
srx-12.3
Sigpack Version
3324
False Positive
Unknown