CVE-2002-1617 Information

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in HP Tru64 UNIX 5.x allow local users to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long -contextDir argument to dtaction (2) a long -p argument to dtprintinfo (3) a long -customization argument to dxterm or (4) a long DISPLAY environment variable to dtterm.

Reference

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2002-q3/1203.html http://www.blacksheepnetworks.com/security/hack/tru64/TRU64_dtaction.txt http://www.blacksheepnetworks.com/security/hack/tru64/TRU64_dtprintinfo.txt http://www.blacksheepnetworks.com/security/hack/tru64/TRU64_dtterm.txt http://www.blacksheepnetworks.com/security/hack/tru64/TRU64_dxterm.txt http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/202939 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/600699 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/836275 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/931579 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/290115