SunOS <= 4.1.1 /usr/release/bin/makeinstall Vulnerability

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21/info This applies to sites that have installed Sun Source tapes only. The Sun distribution of sources sunsrc has an installation procedure which creates the directory /usr/release/bin and installs two setuid root files...

CVE-1999-1123

CVE-1999-1123 affects Sun Source tapes (sunsrc). Local users can gain root privileges through setuid root programs (makeinstall, winstall). The root cause is not explicitly detailed in the provided documents, but the vulnerability enables local privilege escalation with complete confidentiality, ...