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It has been reported that SGI IRIX is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability that may allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system in order to gain unauthorized access. The problem reportedly exists to insufficient bounds checking of the HOME environment leading to an overflow condition in '/usr/sbin/printers' binary linked to the Libdesktopicon.so library. Successful exploitation may allow a local attacker to ultimately execute arbitrary code in order to gain unauthorized access to a system. SGI IRIX versions 6.5.22 and prior may be prone to this issue.

It has been reported that SGI IRIX is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability that may allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system in order to gain unauthorized access. The problem reportedly exists to insufficient bounds checking of the HOME environment leading to an overflow condition in '/usr/sbin/printers' binary linked to the Libdesktopicon.so library. Successful exploitation may allow a local attacker to ultimately execute arbitrary code in order to gain unauthorized access to a system. SGI IRIX versions 6.5.22 and prior may be prone to this issue.