CVE Catalog

CVE-2001-0423

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Buffer overflow in ipcs in Solaris 7 x86 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long TZ (timezone) environmental variable.

Risk Assessment

Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized access to the system and execution of malicious code by local users.

Recommendation

It is recommended to restrict access to the ipcs tool and monitor environment variables to prevent exploitation of this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in ipcs in Solaris 7 x86 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long TZ (timezone) environmental variable, a different vulnerability than CAN-2002-0093.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS