Root Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Cisco VPN 5000 Client

Root Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Cisco VPN 5000 Client

CVE-2002-1492 · HIGH Severity

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

Buffer overflows in the Cisco VPN 5000 Client before 5.2.7 for Linux, and VPN 5000 Client before 5.2.8 for Solaris, allow local users to gain root privileges via (1) close_tunnel and (2) open_tunnel.

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