Caldera (SCO) UnixWare uidadmin buffer overflow

unixware-uidadmin-bo (23550) The risk level is classified as HighHigh Risk

Description:

Caldara (SCO) UnixWare is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper validation of user-supplied file names by the uidadmin binary. By submitting an overly long file name using the uidadmin -S option, a local attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with elevated privileges.


Consequences:

Gain Privileges

Remedy:

Refer to SCO Security Advisory SCOSA-2005.54 for patch or upgrade information. See References.

References:

  • iDEFENSE Security Advisory 12.12.05: SCO Unixware Setuid 'uidadmin' Scheme Buffer Overflow Vulnerability.
  • SCO Security Advisory SCOSA-2005.54: UnixWare 7.1.3 UnixWare 7.1.4 : uidadmin Buffer Overflow Vulnerability.
  • The SCO Group, Inc.: SCO Performance You Can Depend On.
  • ASA-2006-034: uidadmin Buffer Overflow (SCOSA-2005.54)
  • BID-15811: SCO UnixWare UIDAdmin Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
  • CVE-2005-3903: Buffer overflow in uidadmin in SCO Unixware 7.1.3 and 7.1.4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a -S (scheme) argument that specifies a large file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2001-1063.
  • SA17986: UnixWare "uidadmin` Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
  • SA18660: Avaya Intuity Audix "uidadmin` Buffer Overflow
  • SECTRACK ID: 1015342: SCO UnixWare uidadmin `-S` Buffer Overflow Lets Local Users Gain Root Privileges

Platforms Affected:

  • SCO Caldera UnixWare 7.1.3
  • SCO Caldera UnixWare 7.1.4

Reported:

Dec 12, 2005

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