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Sun Solaris PostgreSQL SECURITY DEFINER Privilege Escalation
Secunia Advisory: SA25037
Release Date: 2007-04-27
Last Update: 2007-10-15
Popularity: 6,231 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Sun Solaris 10

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-2138


Description:
Sun has acknowledged a security issue in Sun Solaris, which potentially can be exploited by malicious users to gain escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA25019

The security issue is reported in Sun Solaris 10 for both the x86 and SPARC platform.

Solution:
-- SPARC Platform --

Apply patch 123590-05 or later.

-- x86 Platform --

Apply patch 123591-05 or later.

Changelog:
2007-10-15: Updated "Solution" section.

Original Advisory:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102894-1

Other References:
SA25019:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25019/


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