Title: Solaris netpr Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
A buffer overrun exists in the 'netpr' program, part of the SUNWpcu (LP) package included with Solaris, from Sun Microsystems. Versions of netpr on Solaris 2.6 and 7, on both Sparc and x86 have been confirmed as being vulnerable. The overflow is present in the -p option, normally used to specify a printer. By specifying a long buffer containing machine executable code, it is possible to execute arbitrary commands as root. On Sparc, the exploits provided will spawn a root shell, whereas on x86 it will create a setuid root shell in /tmp.
Affected Products:
- Sun Solaris 2.6
- Sun Solaris 2.6_x86
- Sun Solaris 7.0
- Sun Solaris 7.0_x86
- Sun Solaris 8
- Sun Solaris 8_x86
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