CVE Catalog

CVE-2001-0426

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Buffer overflow in dtsession on Solaris, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to gain privileges via a long LANG environmental variable.

Risk Assessment

Local users may exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges, potentially leading to unauthorized access to the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to limit the length of the LANG environment variable and update the system to the latest version to minimize risk.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in dtsession on Solaris, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to gain privileges via a long LANG environmental variable.

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