CVE-2001-1582

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Published Sep 23, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 7.2 High EPSS 1.3% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

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

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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.

Metrics

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.

Exploit prediction score: 1.3% (1.297% probability within 30 days)

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

Jul 12, 2025 1:45 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

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

Subscriptions

Sun Solaris Sunos

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 5:14 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Sep 23, 2007, 11:00 PM
Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 5:14 PM
Reserved: Sep 23, 2007, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 9:56 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 31, 2001, 5:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 9:56 PM

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