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Sun Solaris Runtime Linker Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA15841
Release Date: 2005-06-29
Last Update: 2006-01-10
Popularity: 11,520 views

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

OS:Sun Solaris 10
Sun Solaris 8
Sun Solaris 9

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Advisory Content (Page 2 of 3)[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

Solution:
Apply patches.

-- SPARC --

Solaris 8:
Apply patch 109147-37 or later.

Solaris 9:
Apply patch 112963-22 or later.

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 117461-04 or later.


-- x86 Platform --

Solaris 8:
Apply patch 109148-37 or later.

Solaris 9:
Apply patch 113986-18 or later.

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 118345-05 or later.
The vendor has reported that installing patch 118345-05 without patch 118565-03 can cause a system hang when libproc is invoked.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Przemyslaw Frasunek

Changelog:
2005-07-13: Vendor issues IDRs and T-Patches. Updated "Solution" section.
2005-07-14: Vendor issues T-Patches. Updated "Solution" section.
2005-07-21: Vendor issues final patches for some versions.
2005-07-26: Patch released for Solaris 9 (x86 platform).
2005-09-21: Updated affected versions in "Description" section.
2005-11-01: Patch released for Solaris 10 (x86 platform).
2006-01-10: Vendor released information about potential problem when installing patch for Solaris 10 (x86). Updated "Solution" and "Original Advisory" sections.

Original Advisory:
Sun Microsystems:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101794-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102124-1

Change Page:
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