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Sun Solaris lbxproxy Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA26220
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Release Date:
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2007-07-26
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Last Update:
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2007-07-31
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Popularity:
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6,780 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Exposure of system information
Exposure of sensitive information
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-2007-4070
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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 an unspecified error in lbxproxy, which can be exploited to read data from arbitrary files that have the group ownership set to root.
The vulnerability is reported in Solaris 8, 9 and 10 for both the SPARC and x86 platforms.
Solution:
Apply patches:
-- SPARC Platform --
Solaris 8:
Apply patch 119067-08 or later.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-119067-08-1
Solaris 9:
Apply patch 112785-62 or later.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-112785-62-1
Solaris 10:
Apply patch 119059-28 or later.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-119059-28-1
-- x86 Platform --
Solaris 8:
Apply patch 119068-08 or later.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-119068-08-1
Solaris 9:
Apply patch 112786-51 or later.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-112786-51-1
Solaris 10:
Apply patch 119060-27 or later.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-119060-27-1
Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits Charles Morris, Old Dominion University.
Changelog:
2007-07-31: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102948-1
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