Total vulnerabilities in the database
Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) dbm_open function, as used in ndbm and dbm, and the (2) dbminit function in Solaris 2.6 through 9 allow local users to gain root privileges via long arguments to Xsun or other programs that use these functions.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| sun / sunos | 5.7 | 5.7.x |
| sun / sunos | 5.8 | 5.8.x |
| sun / solaris | 9.0 | 9.0.x |
| sun / solaris | 7.0 | 7.0.x |
| sun / solaris | 2.6 | 2.6.x |
| sun / solaris | 8.0 | 8.0.x |