CVE-2001-0576 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 4.6 Published Updated

Local attackers can exploit a buffer overflow in lpusers to gain elevated privileges on SCO OpenServer systems.

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-2001-0576?

CVE-2001-0576 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Sco Openserver, published on 27 Jul 2001. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

lpusers as included with SCO OpenServer 5.0 through 5.0.6 allows a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a buffer overflow attack in the '-u' command line parameter.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0576?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sco Openserver.

How do I fix CVE-2001-0576?

No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0576 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-2001-0576 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2001-0576 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

All Sco Openserver vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-fvj2-vpv2-q7wf.

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