CVE-2001-1582 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in the LDAP naming services library (libsldap) in Sun Solaris 8 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long LDAP_OPTIONS environment variable to a privileged program that uses libsldap.

Published: 2007-09-23

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: 1.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0:unkown:x86:::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-1559	Buffer overflow in the LDAP naming services library (libsldap) in Sun Solaris 8 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long LDAP_OPTIONS environment variable to a privileged program that uses libsldap.

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 0.01297.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2001/Jul/0077.html
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2001/Jul/0091.html
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2001/Jun/0365.html
http://www.securiteam.com/unixfocus/5IP0O2A4KS.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2931

History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00207}`	epss `{'score': 0.00171}`

Subscriptions

Sun Solaris Sunos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-09-23T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:14:43.636Z

Reserved: 2007-09-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-1582

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T21:56:33.027

Link: CVE-2001-1582

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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