<date>
09/1997

<title>
/bin/passwd

<os>
Solaris 2.5 2.5.1 sparc

<info>
There exists a buffer overflow vulnerability in the command line parsing code portion of the passwd program.
When appropriately exploited it can lead to a local root compromise on a vulnerable system.

<link>
SOLARIS/solsparc_passwd.c

<file>
SOLARIS/solsparc_passwd.c

