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.
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-03/0407.html | mailing list patch vendor advisory |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6292 | vdb entry |
| http://security-archive.merton.ox.ac.uk/bugtraq-200104/0221.html | mailing list |