CVE-1999-1041

Description

Buffer overflow in mscreen on SCO OpenServer 5.0 and SCO UNIX 3.2v4 allows a local user to gain root access via (1) a long TERM environmental variable and (2) a long entry in the .mscreenrc file.

Severity

Overall Severity: N/A

CVSS Metrics

Type	Score	Severity	Vector

Affected Products

References

• ftp://ftp.sco.com/SSE/security_bulletins/SB-98.05a
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90686250717719&w=2
• http://www.cert.org/vendor_bulletins/VB-98.10.sco.mscreen
  PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/10420
  Vendor Advisory
• ftp://ftp.sco.com/SSE/security_bulletins/SB-98.05a
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90686250717719&w=2
• http://www.cert.org/vendor_bulletins/VB-98.10.sco.mscreen
  PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/10420
  Vendor Advisory