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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 14, 2001· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2001-0565

CVE-2001-0565

Description

Buffer overflow in mailx in Solaris 8 and earlier allows a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a long '-F' command line option.

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Affected products

16

Sun Corporation/Solaris10 versions
cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.5.1:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*+ 9 more
- cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.5.1:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.5.1:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.5:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.5:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.6:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:7.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:7.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
Sun Corporation/Sunos5 versions
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=5.9
- cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Heirloom/Mailxllm-fuzzy
Range: <= 8

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

5

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-05/0016.htmlnvdExploitPatchVendor Advisory
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/446864nvdUS Government Resource
online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/184210nvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/2610nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8246nvd

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