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Sun Solaris Xsun and Xprt Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA16955
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Release Date:
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2005-09-27
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Last Update:
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2005-12-01
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Popularity:
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9,127 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Sun Solaris 10
Sun Solaris 7
Sun Solaris 8
Sun Solaris 9
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-3099
CVE-2005-3100
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the Xsun and Xprt commands. This can be exploited by unprivileged users to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of either command.
The vulnerability has been reported in Solaris 7, 8, 9, and 10.
Solution:
Apply patches.
-- SPARC Platform --
Solaris 7
Apply patch 108376-46 or later.
Solaris 8:
Apply patch 108652-93 or later.
Solaris 9:
Apply patch 112785-50 or later.
Solaris 10:
Apply patch 119059-05 or later.
-- x86 Platform --
Solaris 8:
Apply patch 108653-82 or later.
Solaris 9:
Apply patch 112786-39 or later.
Solaris 10:
Apply patch 119060-05 or later.
A final resolution is reportedly pending completion for Solaris 7 on x86 platform.
Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits Eric Sheridan, Towson University.
Changelog:
2005-10-04: Added CVE references.
2005-12-01: Vendor issues fix for Solaris 7.
Original Advisory:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101800-1
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