CVE-2001-0565 Memory corruption in n/a
Local attackers can exploit a buffer overflow in the Solaris mailx utility to gain elevated privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2001-0565?
CVE-2001-0565 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 9 Mar 2002. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Buffer overflow in mailx in Solaris 8 and earlier allows a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a long '-F' command line option.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0565?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Sun Solaris, Sun Sunos.
How do I fix CVE-2001-0565?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0565 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2001-0565 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2001-0565 exists.
Public exploit code: 2 Exploit-DB entries.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4m9v-c2fv-vcv2.