CVE-1999-1041

Description

Buffer overflow in mscreen on SCO OpenServer 5.0 and SCO UNIX 3.2v4 allows a local user to gain root access via (1) a long TERM environmental variable and (2) a long entry in the .mscreenrc file.

Affected products

• sco / openserver5.0 – 5.0
• sco / unix3.2v4 – 3.2v4

References

• MAILING_LISThttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90686250717719&w=2
• MISCftp://ftp.sco.com/SSE/security_bulletins/SB-98.05a
• MISChttp://www.cert.org/vendor_bulletins/VB-98.10.sco.mscreen
• MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/10420