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SGI ProPack arrayd Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA16006
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Release Date:
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2005-07-12
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Popularity:
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4,816 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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From local network
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | SGI Advanced Linux Environment 3
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-1859
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported arrayd, which can be exploited by malicious users to gain escalated privileges.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the arshell command and can be exploited to start a shell with root privileges on any hosts in the configured cluster or array.
The vulnerability has been reported in ProPack 3 SP5 and SP6 and in ProPack 4.
Solution:
Apply patches.
http://support.sgi.com/
SGI ProPack 3 Service Pack 5:
Apply Patch 10181.
SGI ProPack 3 Service Pack 6:
Apply Patch 10185.
SGI ProPack 4:
Apply Patch 10182.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by vendor.
Other References:
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20050701-01-P.asc
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