CVE-2001-1553 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2001-1553

Buffer overflow in setiathome for SETI@home 3.03, if installed setuid,...

Vulnerability Description

Buffer overflow in setiathome for SETI@home 3.03, if installed setuid, could allow local users to execute arbitrary code via long command line options (1) socks_server, (2) socks_user, and (3) socks_passwd. NOTE: since the default configuration of setiathome is not setuid, perhaps this issue should not be included in CVE.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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References

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High 7.5

Affected Vendor

university of california

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Affected Software

seti at home
Vulnerable Versions:
3.03

Timeline

Official Publish: July 14th, 2005
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

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Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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