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Sun Solaris uucp / uustat Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA18371	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2006-01-10
Last Update:	2006-08-07
Popularity:	8,510 views

Critical:	Not critical
Impact:	Privilege escalation
Where:	Local system
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

OS:	Sun Solaris 8 Sun Solaris 9

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CVE reference:	CVE-2004-0780 CVE-2006-0161

Description: Angelo Rosiello has reported a vulnerability in Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the uucp(1C) and uustat(1C) utilities when handling an overly long "-S" command line argument. This can be exploited by malicious users to cause a buffer overflow and allows execution arbitrary code with the privileges of the "uucp" user. The vulnerability has been reported in Solaris 8 and 9 on both SPARC and x86 platforms. Solution: Apply patches. -- SPARC Platform -- Solaris 8: Apply patch 111570-04 or later. http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-111570-04-1 Solaris 9: Apply patch 113322-03 or later. http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-113322-03-1 -- x86 Platform -- Solaris 8: Apply patch 111571-04 or later. http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-111571-04-1 Solaris 9: Apply patch 115880-02 or later. http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-115880-02-1 Provided and/or discovered by: Angelo Rosiello Changelog: 2006-01-11: Added CVE reference. Updated "Description", credits, and "Original Advisory" sections. 2006-08-07: Added CVE reference. Original Advisory: Sun Microsystems: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101933-1 iDEFENSE: http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=366

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