CVE-1999-1114 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Buffer overflow in Korn Shell (ksh) suid_exec program on IRIX 6.x and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to gain root privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00585.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Sgi	Irix

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.0.1::xfs:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.4:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1095	Buffer overflow in Korn Shell (ksh) suid_exec program on IRIX 6.x and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to gain root privileges.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://ftp.auscert.org.au/pub/auscert/advisory/AA-96.17.suid_exec.vul
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/19980405-01-I
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/h-15a.shtml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/467
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2100

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:02:53.745Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-1999-1114

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 1998-04-08T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-1999-1114

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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