CVE-1999-1021
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2002-03-09 05:00
Modified
2024-08-01 16:55
Severity ?
Summary
NFS on SunOS 4.1 through 4.1.2 ignores the high order 16 bits in a 32 bit UID, which allows a local user to gain root access if the lower 16 bits are set to 0, as fixed by the NFS jumbo patch upgrade.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/117&type=0&nav=sec.sbaPatch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1992-15.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/117&type=0&nav=sec.sbaPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1992-15.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82
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