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UnixWare Chroot Escape Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA13915	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2005-01-19
Popularity:	6,140 views

Critical:	Less critical
Impact:	Security Bypass
Where:	Local system
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

OS:	UnixWare 7.x.x

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CVE reference:	CVE-2004-1124

Description: Simon Roses Femerling has reported a vulnerability in UnixWare, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to break out of the chroot jail. The vulnerability is caused due to some errors in the implementation of the "chroot()" security feature. This can be exploited to break out of the chroot restriction and access arbitrary files on the file system. NOTE: Exploit code is publicly available. Solution: -- UnixWare 7.1.4 -- Apply patch: ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.2/erg712629c.pkg.Z -- UnixWare 7.1.3 -- Apply Maintenance Pack 4 or later: ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/unixware7/713/mp/mp4/uw713mp4.txt -- UnixWare 7.1.1 -- Apply Maintenance Pack 5 or later: ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/unixware7/uw711pk/uw711mp5.txt Provided and/or discovered by: Simon Roses Femerling Original Advisory: ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.2/SCOSA-2005.2.txt

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