SCO OpenServer 5.0.6 - lpadmin Buffer Overflow

Author: Secure Network Operations
type: dos
platform: sco
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date_added: 2001-03-27 
date_updated: 2012-08-22 
verified: 1 
codes: CVE-2001-0579;OSVDB-7645 
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2553/info

SCO OpenServer 5.0.6 (and possibly earlier versions) ships with several suid 'bin' executables used in printer administration and related tasks.

This includes lpadmin, a component used to manage and configure print destinations, devices and printer interface programs.

'lpadmin' contains a locally exploitable buffer overflow condition present in the handling of command-line parameters.

If properly exploited, this can yield user 'bin' privileges to the attacker.

/opt/K/SCO/Unix/5.0.6Ga/usr/lib/lpadmin `perl -e 'print "A" x 7000'`

Memory fault - core dumped