Buffer Overflow in SETI@home 3.03 Allows Arbitrary Code Execution via Long Command Line Options

CVE-2001-1553 · MEDIUM Severity

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

Buffer overflow in setiathome for SETI@home 3.03, if installed setuid, could allow local users to execute arbitrary code via long command line options (1) socks_server, (2) socks_user, and (3) socks_passwd. NOTE: since the default configuration of setiathome is not setuid, perhaps this issue should not be included in CVE.

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