CVE-2003-1067 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) dbm_open function, as used in ndbm and dbm, and the (2) dbminit function in Solaris 2.6 through 9 allow local users to gain root privileges via long arguments to Xsun or other programs that use these functions.

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 0.00092.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Sun	Solaris Sunos

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:7.0::x86:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0::x86:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0::sparc:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0::x86:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2003-1057	Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) dbm_open function, as used in ndbm and dbm, and the (2) dbminit function in Solaris 2.6 through 9 allow local users to gain root privileges via long arguments to Xsun or other programs that use these functions.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/9088/
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-55420-1
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-108.shtml
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2014-1972949.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64758
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7991
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12379

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-02-08T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:12:35.789Z

Reserved: 2005-02-08T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2003-1067

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2003-06-19T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2003-1067

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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