Rule:

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Sid:
304

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Summary:
This event is genereated when an attempt to overflow the buffer of a SCO server is attempted.

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Impact:
Serious. System compromize presenting the attacker with the opportunity to gain remote access to the victim host or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the superuser account.

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Detailed Information:
Some versions of SCO UNIX Calserver are vulnerable to a buffer overflow condition which can present the attacker with a root shell.

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Affected Systems:
SCO Internet faststart 1.0, 1.1
SCO Open Server 5.0, 5.0.2, 5.0.3 and 5.0.4

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Attack Scenarios:
Exploit scripts are available

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Ease of Attack:
Simple. Exploits are available.

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False Positives:
None Known

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False Negatives:
None Known

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Corrective Action:
Upgrade to the latest non-affected version of the software.

Apply vendor supplied patches.

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Contributors:
Original rule writer unknown
Sourcefire Research Team
Nigel Houghton <nigel.houghton@sourcefire.com>

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Additional References:

CVE:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2000-0306

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