What is the severity of CVE-2001-0426?

CVE-2001-0426 is considered to be of high severity due to the potential for local users to gain elevated privileges.

How do I fix CVE-2001-0426?

To fix CVE-2001-0426, you should limit the length of the LANG environmental variable or apply available patches for the affected Solaris versions.

What systems are affected by CVE-2001-0426?

CVE-2001-0426 affects multiple versions of Solaris, including 2.6, 5.7, 5.8, and Solaris 7.0 and 8.0.

Can CVE-2001-0426 be exploited remotely?

CVE-2001-0426 is a local vulnerability and cannot be exploited remotely.

Who is at risk due to CVE-2001-0426?

Local users on affected Solaris systems are at risk due to CVE-2001-0426.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2001-0426

high

7.2

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other 119

24/5/2001

8/8/2024

CVE-2001-0426: Buffer Overflow

First published: Thu May 24 2001(Updated: )

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

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
Sun SunOS	=5.7
Sun SunOS	=5.8
Oracle Solaris and Zettabyte File System (ZFS)	=7.0
Oracle Solaris and Zettabyte File System (ZFS)	=2.6
Oracle Solaris and Zettabyte File System (ZFS)	=8.0
Sun SunOS
SunOS
SunOS	=5.7
SunOS	=5.8

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Reference Links

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0203.html

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2001-0426?
CVE-2001-0426 is considered to be of high severity due to the potential for local users to gain elevated privileges.
How do I fix CVE-2001-0426?
To fix CVE-2001-0426, you should limit the length of the LANG environmental variable or apply available patches for the affected Solaris versions.
What systems are affected by CVE-2001-0426?
CVE-2001-0426 affects multiple versions of Solaris, including 2.6, 5.7, 5.8, and Solaris 7.0 and 8.0.
Can CVE-2001-0426 be exploited remotely?
CVE-2001-0426 is a local vulnerability and cannot be exploited remotely.
Who is at risk due to CVE-2001-0426?
Local users on affected Solaris systems are at risk due to CVE-2001-0426.

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