CVE-2003-1055 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in the nss_ldap.so.1 library for Sun Solaris 8 and 9 may allow local users to gain root access via a long hostname in an LDAP lookup.

Published: 2005-02-08

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

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:8.0::x86:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0::sparc:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0::x86:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:::::::*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

Additional remediation guidance may be available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2003-1045	Buffer overflow in the nss_ldap.so.1 library for Sun Solaris 8 and 9 may allow local users to gain root access via a long hostname in an LDAP lookup.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0058.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-52222-1
http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=3224
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-113.shtml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7064
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1006401
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11641

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Sun Solaris Sunos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-02-08T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:12:35.867Z

Reserved: 2005-02-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-1055

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-07-03T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2003-1055

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

{"containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "datePublic": "2003-03-26T00:00:00.000Z", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Buffer overflow in the nss_ldap.so.1 library for Sun Solaris 8 and 9 may allow local users to gain root access via a long hostname in an LDAP lookup."}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"description": "n/a", "lang": "en", "type": "text"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"dateUpdated": "2017-07-10T14:57:01.000Z", "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "shortName": "mitre"}, "references": [{"name": "N-113", "tags": ["third-party-advisory", "government-resource", "x_refsource_CIAC"], "url": "http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-113.shtml"}, {"name": "7064", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7064"}, {"name": "52222", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_SUNALERT"], "url": "http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-52222-1"}, {"name": "1006401", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_SECTRACK"], "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1006401"}, {"name": "solaris-nssldapso1-bo(11641)", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_XF"], "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11641"}, {"name": "ESB-2003.0461", "tags": ["third-party-advisory", "x_refsource_AUSCERT"], "url": "http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=3224"}], "x_legacyV4Record": {"CVE_data_meta": {"ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2003-1055", "STATE": "PUBLIC"}, "affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"product_name": "n/a", "version": {"version_data": [{"version_value": "n/a"}]}}]}, "vendor_name": "n/a"}]}}, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "Buffer overflow in the nss_ldap.so.1 library for Sun Solaris 8 and 9 may allow local users to gain root access via a long hostname in an LDAP lookup."}]}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "n/a"}]}]}, "references": {"reference_data": [{"name": "N-113", "refsource": "CIAC", "url": "http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-113.shtml"}, {"name": "7064", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7064"}, {"name": "52222", "refsource": "SUNALERT", "url": "http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-52222-1"}, {"name": "1006401", "refsource": "SECTRACK", "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1006401"}, {"name": "solaris-nssldapso1-bo(11641)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11641"}, {"name": "ESB-2003.0461", "refsource": "AUSCERT", "url": "http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=3224"}]}}}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-08T02:12:35.867Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"name": "N-113", "tags": ["third-party-advisory", "government-resource", "x_refsource_CIAC", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-113.shtml"}, {"name": "7064", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7064"}, {"name": "52222", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_SUNALERT", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-52222-1"}, {"name": "1006401", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_SECTRACK", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1006401"}, {"name": "solaris-nssldapso1-bo(11641)", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_XF", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11641"}, {"name": "ESB-2003.0461", "tags": ["third-party-advisory", "x_refsource_AUSCERT", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=3224"}]}]}, "cveMetadata": {"assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "assignerShortName": "mitre", "cveId": "CVE-2003-1055", "datePublished": "2005-02-08T05:00:00.000Z", "dateReserved": "2005-02-08T00:00:00.000Z", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-08T02:12:35.867Z", "state": "PUBLISHED"}, "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1"}

{"configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "1894C542-AA81-40A9-BF47-AE24C93C1ACB", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "A711CDC2-412C-499D-9FA6-7F25B06267C6", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "0B837BB7-5F62-4CD5-9C64-8553C28EA8A7", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "A2475113-CFE4-41C8-A86F-F2DA6548D224", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Buffer overflow in the nss_ldap.so.1 library for Sun Solaris 8 and 9 may allow local users to gain root access via a long hostname in an LDAP lookup."}], "id": "CVE-2003-1055", "lastModified": "2026-04-16T00:27:16.627", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"acInsufInfo": false, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "cvssData": {"accessComplexity": "LOW", "accessVector": "LOCAL", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "COMPLETE", "baseScore": 7.2, "confidentialityImpact": "COMPLETE", "integrityImpact": "COMPLETE", "vectorString": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C", "version": "2.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 3.9, "impactScore": 10.0, "obtainAllPrivilege": true, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "userInteractionRequired": false}]}, "published": "2003-07-03T04:00:00.000", "references": [{"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Patch", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-52222-1"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=3224"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Patch", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-113.shtml"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Exploit", "Patch", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7064"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1006401"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11641"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Patch", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-52222-1"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=3224"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Patch", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-113.shtml"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Exploit", "Patch", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7064"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1006401"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11641"}], "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "NVD-CWE-Other"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}