CVE-2001-0891

HIGH 7.2CVE-2001-0891 · Published 31/01/2002 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2001-0891 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability affecting nqsdaemon (sgi).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.35%, higher than 28.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
nqsdaemon sgi	`= 3.3.0.16`	No fix yet

Description

Format string vulnerability in NQS daemon (nqsdaemon) in NQE 3.3.0.16 for CRAY UNICOS and SGI IRIX allows a local user to gain root privileges by using qsub to submit a batch job whose name contains formatting characters.

References

patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20020101-01-I · Patch
marc.info
osvdb.org/3275
securityfocus.com/bid/3590
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7618

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