Vulnerability Name:

CCN-822

Published:1997-05-26
Updated:1997-05-26
Summary:The login program is vulnerable to buffer overflow in the command line argument. An attacker can overflow a buffer to 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 Privileges
References:Source: CCN
Type: SGI FTP site
Patch SG0002181 Release Note

Source: CCN
Type: BugTraq Mailing List, 12 Sep 1998 16:34:29
Re: hey, guess what! Another Irix buffer overflow!

Source: CCN
Type: SGI Security Web site
Patches

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
login-bo(822)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/o:sgi:irix:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:sgi:irix:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:sgi:irix:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    sgi irix 6.2
    sgi irix 6.3
    sgi irix 6.4