PT-1996-1070 · Sgi · Irix

Published 1996-12-05 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-1999-1401

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IRIX versions 5.0.x through 6.2

Description The issue concerns insecure permissions set for certain user files, specifically iconbook and searchbook, in the Desktop searchbook program.

Recommendations For IRIX versions 5.0.x through 6.2, manually adjust the permissions of the iconbook and searchbook files to secure them, until a patch is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1401

Affected Products

Irix

References · 5

• ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/19961201-01-PX · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/463 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1401 · Security Note
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/7575.php · Note
• http://osvdb.org/8563 · Note