CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-1395

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Buffer overflow in Ce/Ceterm (aka ARPUS/Ce) 2.5.4 and earlier may allow local users to gain privileges via a long XAPPLRESLANGPATH or XAPPLRESDIR environment variable, or command line argument.

Risk Assessment

The risk involves potential privilege escalation by a local user, which could lead to unauthorized system access or code execution with elevated privileges.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade to a newer version of Ce/Ceterm that addresses this vulnerability, and to restrict local access to the system for untrusted users.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in Ce/Ceterm (aka ARPUS/Ce) 2.5.4 and earlier may allow local users to gain privileges via a long (1) XAPPLRESLANGPATH or (2) XAPPLRESDIR environment variable, or (3) command line argument.

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