From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Fri Oct 21 2005 - 03:39:45 CDT

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TITLE:
SCO OpenServer backupsh Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17274

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17274/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
SCO OpenServer 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/137/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in OpenServer, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified boundary error in
backupsh, which can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer
overflow via a specially crafted string.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code with group
backup privileges.

SOLUTION:
Apply updated package.

OpenServer 5.0.7:
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.40/VOL.000.000
ebcf85edb0e7c8c0a3af4cec65a27ed7

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits iDEFENSE.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.40/SCOSA-2005.40.txt

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