First published: Tue Oct 25 2005(Updated: )
Stack-based buffer overflow in (1) backupsh and (2) authsh in SCO Openserver 5.0.7 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long HOME environment variable.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Xinuos OpenServer | <=5.0.7 |
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CVE-2005-2926 is considered a high severity vulnerability due to its potential to allow local users to execute arbitrary code.
To fix CVE-2005-2926, a patch should be applied to restrict the HOME environment variable length or upgrade to a newer version of SCO Openserver.
CVE-2005-2926 affects local users of SCO Openserver 5.0.7 who can manipulate the HOME environment variable.
CVE-2005-2926 is a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability.
CVE-2005-2926 was published in September 2005.