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Buffer Overflow in System V Derived Login
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (SGI Security Coordinator)
Mon Dec 17 19:00:02 2001
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 14:31:08 -0800 (PST)
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SGI Security Advisory
Title: Buffer Overflow in System V Derived Login
Number: 20011201-01-I
Reference: CERT=AE Advisory CA-2001-34
Date: December 17, 2001
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--- Issue Specifics ---
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login is a program that local and remote connection mechanisms often
invoke to facilitate logging into a Unix system.
A vulnerability has been discovered in the login program for many
System V-derived Unix implementations that allows unauthorized root
access. More details can be found in CERT advisory CA-2001-34:
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-34.html
Silicon Graphics has investigated the issue and finds that IRIX 3.x may
have had this issue, as mentioned in the CERT advisory. Any versions of=
IRIX that are more current than IRIX 3.x, including IRIX 4.x, IRIX 5.x,
and IRIX 6.x, do NOT have this login vulnerability, and no further actio=
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