PT-1997-1205 · Digital · Digital Unix

Published 1997-11-12 · Updated 2017-12-19 · CVE-1999-1210

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Digital UNIX version 4.0B with patch kit 5

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a core dump file. This occurs when xterm is called with a DISPLAY environmental variable set to a display that xterm cannot access.

Recommendations For Digital UNIX version 4.0B with patch kit 5, consider restricting access to the DISPLAY environmental variable to prevent unauthorized modifications. As a temporary workaround, avoid setting the DISPLAY variable to unaccessible displays when calling xterm until a more permanent solution is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1210

Affected Products

Digital Unix

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1210 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/613 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87936891504885&w=2 · Note