PT-2023-19372
CVE-2023-24039
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Published
2023-01-21
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Updated
2025-04-02
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.8
HighMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Common Desktop Environment version 1.6
Description
A stack-based buffer overflow in the
ParseColors function in libXm can be exploited by local low-privileged users via the dtprintinfo setuid binary to escalate their privileges to root on Solaris 10 systems. This issue only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.Recommendations
For Common Desktop Environment version 1.6, as a temporary workaround, consider disabling the
dtprintinfo setuid binary until a patch is available.
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.Exploitability
Exploit
Impacts
Vendors
Affected products
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