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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 27, 2003· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2003-0609

CVE-2003-0609

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the runtime linker, ld.so.1, on Solaris 2.6 through 9 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long LD_PRELOAD environment variable.

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Affected products

9
  • Sun Corporation/Solaris6 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:7.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 2.6 through 9
  • Sun Corporation/Sunos3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

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