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Sun Grid Engine Unspecified Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA21185
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Release Date:
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2006-07-31
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Last Update:
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2006-08-03
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Popularity:
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4,743 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
DoS
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Sun Grid Engine (SGE) 5.x
Sun Grid Engine (SGE) 6.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-3941
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Sun N1 Grid Engine, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or gain escalated privileges.
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified boundary error and can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow.
Successful exploitation crashes the qmaster or execd process and shuts down the grid service and may also allow execution of arbitrary code with escalated privileges.
Solution:
Apply patches.
-- SPARC Platform --
N1 Grid Engine 6.0 (32-bit Solaris):
Apply patch 123037-01 or later.
N1 Grid Engine 6.0 (64-bit Solaris):
Apply patch 123038-01 or later.
N1 Grid Engine 6.0 (32-bit Solaris) NON-Solaris Package format:
Apply patch 123041-01 or later.
N1 Grid Engine 6.0 (64-bit Solaris) NON-Solaris Package format:
Apply patch 123042-01 or later.
-- x86 Platform --
N1 Grid Engine 6.0:
Apply patch 123039-01 or later.
N1 Grid Engine 6.0 NON-Solaris Package format:
Apply patch 123043-01 or later.
N1 Grid Engine 6.0 (x64):
Apply patch 123040-01 or later.
N1 Grid Engine 6.0 (x64) NON-Solaris Package format:
Apply patch 123044-01 or later.
-- Linux --
N1 Grid Engine 6.0:
Apply patch 123045-01 or later.
N1 Grid Engine 6.0 (x64):
Apply patch 123046-01 or later.
-- Windows --
N1 Grid Engine 6.0:
Apply patch 123052-01 or later.
-- HP-UX --
N1 Grid Engine 6.0:
Apply patch 123050-01 or later.
-- AIX --
N1 Grid Engine 6.0 (for AIX 4.3):
Apply patch 123047-01 or later.
N1 Grid Engine 6.0 (for AIX 5.1):
Apply patch 123048-01 or later.
-- Mac OS --
N1 Grid Engine 6.0:
Apply patch 123049-01 or later.
-- IRIX --
N1 Grid Engine 6.0 (for IRIX 6.5):
Apply patch 123051-01 or later.
NOTE: Sun Grid Engine 5.3 requires an upgrade to N1 Grid Engine 6.0 with the appropriate patches to resolve this issue.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Changelog:
2006-08-03: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102322-1
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