CVE-2001-0421

Medium

Description

FTP server in Solaris 8 and earlier allows local and remote attackers to cause a core dump in the root directory, possibly with world-readable permissions, by providing a valid username with an invalid password followed by a CWD ~ command, which could release sensitive information such as shadowed passwords, or fill the disk partition.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.4
Exploit probability94. percentile6.2%
ProductSun Solaris
PublishedJul 2, 2001
First seenJul 2, 2001

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
sun solaris2.6—
sun sunosv ≤ 5.9—

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