CVE

Id
3722  
CVE No.
CVE-2001-0916  
Status
Candidate  
Description
Buffer overflow in Berkeley parallel make (pmake) 2.1.33 and earlier allows a local user to gain root privileges via a long check argument of a shell definition.  
Phase
Modified (20050703)  
Votes
ACCEPT(1) Baker | MODIFY(1) Frech | NOOP(4) Armstrong, Cole, Foat, Wall  
Comments
Frech> XF:pmake-shell-bo(7603) | Baker> A check of the latest version of pmake, version 2.1.36 reveals that the author lists the format string error as having been corrected. | ftp://ftp.icsi.berkeley.edu/pub/speech/stolcke/software/pmake-2.1.36.tar.Z | | This should be sufficient for vendor acknowledgement.