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Sun Solaris dtsession Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA25876	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2007-06-28
Last Update:	2007-07-04
Popularity:	7,381 views

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

OS:	Sun Solaris 10 Sun Solaris 8 Sun Solaris 9

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CVE reference:	CVE-2007-3471

Description: A vulnerability has been reported in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the dtsession(1X) Common Desktop Environment (CDE) Session Manager and can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code with root privileges. Solution: Apply patches. -- SPARC Platform -- * Solaris 8 patch 109354-26 or later http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-109354-26-1 * Solaris 9 patch 113240-13 or later http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-113240-13-1 * Solaris 10 patch 125279-02 or later http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-125279-02-1 -- x86 Platform -- * Solaris 8 patch 109355-25 or later http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-109355-25-1 * Solaris 9 patch 113241-13 or later http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-113241-13-1 * Solaris 10 patch 125280-02 or later http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-125280-02-1 Provided and/or discovered by: Reported by the vendor. Changelog: 2007-07-04: Added CVE reference. Original Advisory: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102954-1

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