Sun Solaris kcms_configure Arbitrary File Manipulation Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence

Sun Solaris kcms_configure Arbitrary File Manipulation Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA14338	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2005-02-22
Last Update:	2005-02-24
Popularity:	8,514 views

Critical:	Less critical
Impact:	Manipulation of data
Where:	Local system
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

OS:	Sun Solaris 7 Sun Solaris 8 Sun Solaris 9

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CVE reference:	CVE-2004-0481

Description: iDEFENSE has reported a vulnerability in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to manipulate the contents of arbitrary files. The vulnerability is caused due to a race condition in the kcms_configure utility when writing log information to files. Successful exploitation may result in a DoS (Denial of Service) or potentially allow escalation of privileges. Solution: Apply patches. -- SPARC Platform -- Solaris 7: http://classic.sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=107337&rev=04 Solaris 8: http://classic.sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=111400&rev=03 Solaris 9: http://classic.sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=114636&rev=03 -- x86 Platform -- Solaris 7: http://classic.sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=107339&rev=04 Solaris 8: http://classic.sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=111401&rev=03 Solaris 9: http://classic.sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=114637&rev=03 Provided and/or discovered by: iDEFENSE Labs Changelog: 2005-02-24: Added information provided by iDEFENSE. Original Advisory: Sun: http://classic.sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/57706 iDEFENSE: http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=206&type=vulnerabilities

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