Sun Solaris up to 8.0 mailx -F memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Sun Solaris 2.5/2.5.1/2.6/7.0/8.0. This affects an unknown part of the component mailx. This manipulation of the argument -F causes memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2001-0565. In addition, an exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Sun Solaris 2.5/2.5.1/2.6/7.0/8.0 (Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component mailx. The manipulation of the argument -F with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in mailx in Solaris 8 and earlier allows a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a long -F command line option.

The bug was discovered 05/02/2001. The weakness was presented 08/14/2001 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2001-0565. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 104 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (8246), Exploit-DB (20772), SecurityFocus (BID 2610†), OSVDB (1788†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-20820†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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OpenVAS ID: 855325
OpenVAS Name: Solaris Update for kpasswd, libgss.so.1 and libkadm5clnt.so.1 109224-11
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Recommended: Upgrade
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03/02/2001 🔍
05/02/2001 +61 days 🔍
05/02/2001 +0 days 🔍
08/14/2001 +104 days 🔍
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02/15/2009 +2742 days 🔍
07/07/2014 +1968 days 🔍
01/21/2025 +3851 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2001-0565 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0565
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17173
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X-Force: 8246
SecurityFocus: 2610 - Solaris mailx -F Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: 1788 - Sun Solaris OS, Buffer Overflow in Mailx -F
Vulnerability Center: 20820 - Sun Solaris 8 and Prior Buffer Overflow in Mailx Local Additional Privileges via a Long \x27-F\x27, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 07/08/2014 00:36
Updated: 01/21/2025 07:07
Changes: 07/08/2014 00:36 (70), 08/27/2019 07:21 (3), 01/03/2025 17:04 (17), 01/21/2025 07:07 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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