PT-2001-2638 · University Of California · Seti@Home

Published 2001-12-31 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2001-1553

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 SETI@home version 3.03

Description A buffer overflow issue exists in the setiathome component of SETI@home, potentially allowing local users to execute arbitrary code via long command line options, specifically socks server, socks user, and socks passwd, if setiathome is installed setuid.

Recommendations For SETI@home version 3.03, consider removing the setuid installation to prevent potential exploitation, as the default configuration is not setuid. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-1553

Affected Products

Seti@Home

References · 2

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vuln-dev/2001-q4/0662.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-1553 · Security Note