# CVE-2001-0803: Buffer overflow in the client connection routine of libDtSvc.so.1 in CDE Subprocess Control Service (dtspcd) allows remote attackers to exec

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 2 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module
- Published: 2002-03-09 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Buffer overflow in the client connection routine of libDtSvc.so.1 in CDE Subprocess Control Service (dtspcd) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://ftp.support.compaq.com/patches/.new/html/SSRT-541.shtml
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20011107-01-P
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3517
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/214
- ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/openunix/CSSA-2001-SCO.30/
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-01.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/172583
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7396
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A70
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-31.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/3651
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A74
- http://xforce.iss.net/alerts/advise101.php
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9923
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16323
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/solaris/dtspcd/heap_noir.rb

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