|
Solaris inetd Debug Logging Symlink Security Issue
|
|
Secunia Advisory:
|
SA29654
|
|
|
Release Date:
|
2008-04-03
|
|
Last Update:
|
2008-04-11
|
|
Popularity:
|
4,374 views
|
|
|
Critical:
|
Not critical
|
|
Impact:
|
Privilege escalation
|
|
Where:
|
Local system
|
|
Solution Status:
|
Vendor Patch
|
|
| OS: | Sun Solaris 10
|
|
|
Secunia CVSS-2 Score:
|
Available in Secunia business solutions 
|
|
|
Subscribe:
|
Instant alerts on relevant vulnerabilities
|
|
| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
|
Description:
Sun has acknowledged a security issue in Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.
The security issue is caused due to the inetd daemon logging debug messages to "/var/tmp/inetd.log". This can be exploited to e.g. write data into another file and cause a DoS (Denial of Service) via symlink attacks.
Successful exploitation requires that debug logging is enabled.
The security issue is reported in Solaris 10 for the SPARC and x86 platforms.
Change Page:
[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
|
|
|
Track this Secunia Advisory
|
Customers of the Secunia Vulnerability Intelligence solutions will automatically receive updates when new information regarding this advisory is released.
Read more about our Vulnerability Intelligence solutions and what they can do for you and your company.
|
|
|
About this Secunia Advisory
|
Please note: The information that this Secunia Advisory is based on comes from a third party unless stated otherwise.
Secunia collects, validates, and verifies all vulnerability reports issued by security research groups, vendors, and others.
|
