CVE-2001-1582 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the LDAP naming services library (libsldap) within Sun Solaris 8. This flaw allows local users to execute arbitrary code by supplying a long LDAP_OPTIONS environment variable to a privileged program utilizing libsldap. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild and absent from the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of broader community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0:unkown:x86:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.