Title: Sun Solaris UTMP_Update Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Severity: HIGH
Description:
Solaris is the freely available, open source UNIX Operating System distributed by Sun Microsystems.
A problem in Solaris could make it possible for a local user to gain elevated privileges.
It has been reported that a problem in the Solaris utmp_update binary exists. Due to insufficient bounds checking, it may be possible to trigger a buffer overflow in this program. This will result in sensitive regions of memory being corrupted with attacker-supplied values. This could lead to a local attacker gaining elevated privileges through execution of arbitrary attacker-supplied instructions.
Few details are available about the issue. However, it should be noted that the program is installed with, and executes with privileges. Therefore, exploitation of this program would lead to a local attacker gaining elevated privileges.
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
- Sun Solaris 9
References:
- Sun Microsystems: 50008
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