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CVE-2002-0679: Buffer overflow in Common Desktop Environment (CDE) ToolTalk RPC database server (rpc.ttdbserverd) allows…

CVE-2002-0679 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and NVD lists 8 affected products, including Caldera Unixware. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

Buffer overflow in Common Desktop Environment (CDE) ToolTalk RPC database server (rpc.ttdbserverd) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an argument to the _TT_CREATE_FILE procedure.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
  • Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
  • Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
  • Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
  • Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
  • Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Affected products

  • Caldera Unixware: 7.0; 7.1.0; 7.1.1
  • Xi Graphics Dextop: 2.1
  • Caldera Openunix: 8.0
  • Compaq Tru64: 4.0f; 4.0g; 5.0a; 5.1; 5.1a
  • HP Ux: 10.10; 10.20; 10.24; 11.00; 11.11
  • IBM AIX: 4.3.3; 5.1
  • Sun Solaris: 2.6; 9.0
  • Sunos: 5.5.1; 5.7; 5.8

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