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.

Weakness classification

• nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Primary references

• cve@mitre.org
• cve@mitre.org — Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory