printers buffer overflow
| printers-bo (808) |  High Risk |
Description:
The printers program is vulnerable to buffer overflow in the command line argument. An attacker can overflow a buffer to gain root privileges.
Platforms Affected:
- Various vendors, Unix
Remedy:
To prevent non-root users from being able to execute 'printers', use the command 'chmod 500 /usr/sbin/printers'.
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue, 27 May 1997 13:18:23 +0100, another day, another buffer overflow.... at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/1997_2/0359.html.
- SGI Security Advisory 19961203-02-PX, IRIX netprint Program Security Issues at ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/19961203-02-PX.
- CVE-1999-0108: The printers program in IRIX has a buffer overflow that gives root access to local users.
Reported:
Not available
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