CVE-2001-0548 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in dtmail in Solaris 2.6 and 7 allows local users to gain privileges via the MAIL environment variable.

Published: 2004-09-01

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.7:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-0540	Buffer overflow in dtmail in Solaris 2.6 and 7 allows local users to gain privileges via the MAIL environment variable.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00283.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99598918914068&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3081
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6879

History

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Subscriptions

Sun Solaris Sunos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-09-01T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:21:38.570Z

Reserved: 2001-07-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-0548

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-08-14T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2001-0548

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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