Sun Solaris newgrp Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence

Sun Solaris newgrp Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA14645	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2005-03-21
Popularity:	7,161 views

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

OS:	Sun Solaris 7 Sun Solaris 8 Sun Solaris 9

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CVE reference:	CVE-2005-0816

Description: A vulnerability has been reported in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges. The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified boundary error in the newgrp utility and can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code with root privileges. Solution: Apply patches. -- SPARC Platform -- Solaris 7: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-118737-01-1 Solaris 8: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-116993-01-1 Solaris 9: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-117445-01-1 -- x86 Platform -- Solaris 7: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-118738-01-1 Solaris 8: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-116994-01-1 Solaris 9: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-117446-01-1 Provided and/or discovered by: Reported by vendor. Original Advisory: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57710-1

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