Heap Overflow in xlock Allows Local Privilege Escalation

Heap Overflow in xlock Allows Local Privilege Escalation

CVE-2001-0652 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Heap overflow in xlock in Solaris 2.6 through 8 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long (1) XFILESEARCHPATH or (2) XUSERFILESEARCHPATH environmental variable.

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