Title: Solaris CDE/NIS+ screenlock Vulnerability
Severity: INFO
Description:
If a Solaris 2.6 host is a NIS+ client, and any user other than root is running CDE at the console, CDE's screen locking feature does not work. Any random string is sufficient to unlock to console. It is unclear as to whether versions of Solaris previous to 2.6 running as NIS+ clients are vulnerable to this attack. Version 7.0 is believed to be fixed.
Affected Products:
- Sun Solaris 2.6
- Sun Solaris 2.6_x86
References:
- Sun Microsystems: Sun Patch Access Page
- Sun Microsystems: Sun Patches List
- Sun Microsystems: Sunsolve Online(tm)
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