Sun Solaris ld.so.1 Bugs Lets Local Users Gain Root Privileges
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1017376 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1017376
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2006-6494, CVE-2006-6495
(Links to External Site)
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Updated: May 22 2008
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Original Entry Date: Dec 13 2006
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Impact:
Root access via local system
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 8, 9, 10
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Description:
Two vulnerabilities were reported in Sun Solaris in ld.so.1. A local user can obtain root privileges on the target system.
A local user can trigger a stack overflow in the doprf() function and an input validation flaw in processing the LANG parameter when processing errors to execute arbitrary code on the target system with root privileges.
Sean Larsson of iDefense Labs discovered the buffer overflow vulnerability.
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Impact:
A local user can obtain root privileges on the target system.
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Solution:
Sun has issued the following fixes.
SPARC Platform
* Solaris 8 with patch 109147-42 or later
* Solaris 9 with patch 112963-27 or later
x86 Platform
* Solaris 8 with patch 109148-41 or later
* Solaris 9 with patch 113986-22 or later
A final resolution for Solaris 10 is pending completion.
For Solaris 10, Interim Security Relief (ISRs) are available at:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/tpatches
SPARC Platform
* Solaris 10 IDR124828-01
x86 Platform
* Solaris 10 IDR124829-01
The Sun advisory is available at:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102724-1
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Vendor URL: sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102724-1 (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Boundary error, Input validation error
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Message History:
None.
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