Sun Solaris "utmp_update" Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence

Sun Solaris "utmp_update" Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA8957	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2003-06-06
Last Update:	2005-02-10
Popularity:	8,415 views

Critical:	Less critical
Impact:	Privilege escalation
Where:	Local system
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

OS:	Sun Solaris 2.6 Sun Solaris 7 Sun Solaris 8 Sun Solaris 9

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CVE reference:	CVE-2003-1068

Description: A vulnerability has been identified in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by a malicious, local user to escalate privileges on a vulnerable system. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in "/usr/lib/utmp_update". This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow, which potentially allows execution of arbitrary code with "root" privileges. Solution: Apply patches. -- SPARC -- Solaris 2.6: http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=113754&rev=02 Solaris 7: http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=113752&rev=02 Solaris 8: http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=113650&rev=02 Solaris 9: http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=113718&rev=02 -- x86 -- Solaris 2.6: http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=113755&rev=02 Solaris 7: http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=113753&rev=02 Solaris 8: http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=113651&rev=02 Solaris 9: http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=113996&rev=02 Changelog: 2005-02-10: Added CVE reference. Original Advisory: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-55260-1

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