Vulnerability Name:

CCN-3407

Published:1999-06-02
Updated:1999-06-02
Summary:Red Hat minicom contains a buffer overflow. By overflowing a buffer in minicom, a local attacker could gain group "uucp" privileges and possibly gain root privileges.
CVSS v3 Severity:9.3 Critical (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Changed
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:7.2 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Access
References:Source: CCN
Type: BugTraq Mailing List, Mon, 10 Feb 1997 05:44:53 +0400
Minicom 1.75 Vulnerability (Mon Feb 10 1997 04:44:53).

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Linux 4.2 General Errata
minicom

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
redhat-minicom-bo(3407)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:linux:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    redhat linux 4.2