CVE-2001-0797

N/A Unknown

Published: December 12, 2001 Modified: April 16, 2026

Description

Buffer overflow in login in various System V based operating systems allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a large number of arguments through services such as telnet and rlogin.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20011201-01-I

Source: cve@mitre.org

ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/openserver/CSSA-2001-SCO.40/CSSA-2001-SCO.40.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100844757228307&w=2

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/213

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY26221&apar=only

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-34.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/569272

Source: cve@mitre.org

US Government Resource

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/246487

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3681

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory

http://xforce.iss.net/alerts/advise105.php

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7284

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2025

Source: cve@mitre.org

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20011201-01-I