CVE Catalog

CVE-2003-0092

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in dtsession for Solaris 2.5.1 through Solaris 9 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long HOME environment variable.

Risk Assessment

Local users can exploit this vulnerability to gain full administrative privileges, posing a serious security threat to the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to limit the length of the HOME environment variable and update the system to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Heap-based buffer overflow in dtsession for Solaris 2.5.1 through Solaris 9 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long HOME environment variable.

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