## Description

Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via expstr() function.

## Severity

Overall Severity: HIGH

### CVSS Metrics

Type | Score | Severity | Vector
--- | --- | --- | ---
CVSS v3.1 | 7.8 | HIGH | `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`

## Affected Products

### sgi - irix

Affected Versions:

- 5.0

### sgi - irix

Affected Versions:

- 5.0.1

### sgi - irix

Affected Versions:

- 5.1

### sgi - irix

Affected Versions:

- 5.1.1

### sgi - irix

Affected Versions:

- 5.2

### sgi - irix

Affected Versions:

- 5.3

### sgi - irix

Affected Versions:

- 5.3

### sgi - irix

Affected Versions:

- 6.0

### sgi - irix

Affected Versions:

- 6.0.1

### sgi - irix

Affected Versions:

- 6.0.1

### sgi - irix

Affected Versions:

- 6.1

### sgi - irix

Affected Versions:

- 6.2

### sgi - irix

Affected Versions:

- 6.3

### sgi - irix

Affected Versions:

- 6.4

### bsdi - bsd_os

Affected Versions:

- 1.1

### freebsd - freebsd

Affected Versions:

- 2.0

### freebsd - freebsd

Affected Versions:

- 2.0.5

### freebsd - freebsd

Affected Versions:

- 2.1.0

### hp - hp-ux

Affected Versions:

- 10.00

### ibm - aix

Affected Versions:

- 3.1

### ibm - aix

Affected Versions:

- 3.2

### ibm - aix

Affected Versions:

- 3.2.4

### ibm - aix

Affected Versions:

- 3.2.5

### ibm - aix

Affected Versions:

- 4.1

### ibm - aix

Affected Versions:

- 4.1.1

### ibm - aix

Affected Versions:

- 4.1.2

### ibm - aix

Affected Versions:

- 4.1.3

### ibm - aix

Affected Versions:

- 4.1.4

### ibm - aix

Affected Versions:

- 4.1.5

### ibm - aix

Affected Versions:

- 4.2

### sun - solaris

Affected Versions:

- 4.1.3

### sun - sunos

Affected Versions:

- 4.1.1

### sun - sunos

Affected Versions:

- 4.1.2

### sun - sunos

Affected Versions:

- 4.1.3u1

### sun - sunos

Affected Versions:

- 5.0

### sun - sunos

Affected Versions:

- 5.1

### sun - sunos

Affected Versions:

- 5.2

### sun - sunos

Affected Versions:

- 5.3

### sun - sunos

Affected Versions:

- 5.4

## References

- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/179
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/179

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