<date>
08/1999

<title>
libc.so $LC_MESSAGES (2) 

<os>
Solaris 2.6 2.7 sparc

<info>
There exists a buffer overflow vulnerability in the libc.so in the way the LC_MESSAGES environment
variable is handled. It is possible to exploit this bug in several suid root binaries and locally 
gain root user privileges.

<link>
SOLARIS/solsparc_libc2.c

<file>
SOLARIS/solsparc_libc2.c

