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Sun Solaris rm Race Condition Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA24082
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Release Date:
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2007-02-09
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Last Update:
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2007-02-13
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Popularity:
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8,548 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Manipulation of data
Privilege escalation
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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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| OS: | Sun Solaris 10
Sun Solaris 8
Sun Solaris 9
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-0895
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.
The vulnerability is caused due to a race condition when recursively deleting a directory with the rm(1) command. This can be exploited to delete files and directories outside of the selected directory when a privileged user deletes a specially crafted directory hierarchy.
Solution:
Apply patches.
-- SPARC Platform --
Solaris 8:
Apply patch 124969-01 or later.
Solaris 9:
Apply patch 123372-02 or later.
Solaris 10:
Apply patch 124244-01 or later.
-- x86 Platform--
Solaris 8:
Apply patch 124970-01 or later.
Solaris 9:
Apply patch 123373-02 or later.
Solaris 10:
Apply patch 124245-01 or later.
Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits Jim Meyering.
Changelog:
2007-02-13: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102782-1
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