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Sun Solaris "libpkcs11" Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA19789	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2006-04-25
Last Update:	2006-04-28
Popularity:	7,469 views

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

OS:	Sun Solaris 10

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CVE reference:	CVE-2006-2064

Description: A vulnerability has been reported in Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges. The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the "getpwnam()" family of non-reentrant functions provided by the "libpkcs11(3LIB)" library. This can be exploited by local users to execute arbitrary code with escalated privileges if a privileged application is linked with the library and uses the data returned by "getpwnam()" and related functions. The vulnerability has been reported in Solaris 10 on both SPARC and x86 platforms. Solution: Apply patches. -- SPARC Platform -- Solaris 10 (Global): Apply patch 118918-14 or later. http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-118918-14-1 Solaris 10 (Restricted): Apply patch 118562-09 or later. http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-118562-09-1 -- x86 Platform -- Solaris 10 (Global): Apply patch 118919-12 or later. http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-118919-12-1 Solaris 10 (Restricted): Apply patch 118563-07 or later. http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-118563-07-1 Provided and/or discovered by: Reported by vendor. Changelog: 2006-04-28: Added CVE reference. Original Advisory: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102316-1

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