x11/cde -- Local privilege escalation via CDE dtsession

Marco Ivaldi marco.ivaldi mediaservice net reports: A buffer overflow in the CheckMonitor function in the Common Desktop Environment 2.3.1 and earlier and 1.6 and earlier, as distributed with Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 Update 11 and earlier, allows local users to gain root privileges via a long palet...

SGI IRIX 6.5 Solaris 7.08 CDE - usrdtbindtsession Local Buffer Overflow

SGI IRIX 6.5 Solaris 7.08 CDE - usrdtbindtsession Local Buffer Overflow / source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2603/info The CDE Session Manager 'dtsession' is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could yield root privileges to an attacker. The bug exists in dtsession's LANG environment...