PT-2001-2140 · Pileup · Pileup

Published 2001-07-23 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2001-0989

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 Pileup versions prior to 1.2

Description The issue allows local users to gain root privileges through buffer overflows. This can be achieved via long command line arguments or a long callsign.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.2, update to version 1.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the length of command line arguments and callsigns to prevent buffer overflows.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-0989

Affected Products

Pileup

References · 5

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/1170 · Exploit
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/3086 · Vendor Advisory
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-07/0512.html · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0989 · Security Note
• http://babbage.demon.co.uk/linux/pileup-1.2/pileup-1.2.tar.gz · Note