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The SCO Group (SCO UnixWare) Information for VU#169059

Date Notified:2002-01-28
Date Updated:
Statement Date:
Status Summary:Vulnerable

Vendor Statement

Any command linked to this library that accepts the -xrm option [including xterm] will core dump if a long string is used as the argument. Any setuid setgid program that accepts the -xrm option is vulnerable to attack.

We now have fixes for this issue for both Open UNIX and UnixWare on our security website:

http://stage.caldera.com/support/security/

as advisory CSSA-2002-SCO.15.

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The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

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