CVE-2002-0517

Publication date

2002-06-11 04:00:00

Family

mitre

State

PUBLISHED

Description

Buffer overflow in X11 library (libX11) on Caldera Open UNIX 8.0.0, UnixWare 7.1.1, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to gain root privileges via a long -xrm argument to programs such as (1) dtterm or (2) xterm.