CVE-2005-2926 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Stack-based buffer overflow in (1) backupsh and (2) authsh in SCO Openserver 5.0.7 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long HOME environment variable.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00173.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Sco Subscribe	Openserver Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-2926	Stack-based buffer overflow in (1) backupsh and (2) authsh in SCO Openserver 5.0.7 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long HOME environment variable.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.40/SCOSA-2005.40.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/17274
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015099
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?type=vulnerabilities
http://www.osvdb.org/20153
http://www.osvdb.org/20154
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15160

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-10-25T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:53:29.992Z

Reserved: 2005-09-15T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-2926

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-10-25T16:02:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2005-2926

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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