# CVE-2001-0588: Memory corruption in n/a

> A local attacker can exploit a buffer overflow in sendmail to gain additional privileges on SCO OpenServer systems.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Jul 2001
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f339-mc56-c6fp

## What is CVE-2001-0588?

CVE-2001-0588 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

sendmail 8.9.3, as included with the MMDF 2.43.3b package in SCO OpenServer 5.0.6, can allow a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a buffer overflow in the first argument to the command.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0588?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sco Openserver.

## How do I fix CVE-2001-0588?

No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0588 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2001-0588 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0588 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Sco Openserver

- [CVE-2000-0306](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-0306/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-0072](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-0072/): Buffer overflow in termsh on SCO OpenServer 5.0.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long -o command line argument. (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2004-0390](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0390/): Auth bypass in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-1999-1450](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-1450/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2001-0579](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0579/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2001-0588 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2001-0588 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0588 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Sco Openserver. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0588/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0588/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2001-0588
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0588
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2001-0588

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0588/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.