Sun Solaris Gzip File Permission Modification Vulnerability

BID:11318

Info

Sun Solaris Gzip File Permission Modification Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 11318
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Oct 01 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 01 2004 12:00AM
Credit: This issue was reported by Sun.
Vulnerable: Sun Solaris 9_x86
Sun Solaris 9
Sun Solaris 8_x86
Sun Solaris 8_sparc
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Sun Solaris Gzip File Permission Modification Vulnerability

Sun Solaris gzip(1) is prone to a file permission modification vulnerability. This issue can disclose sensitive information and allocate write permission on files to unprivileged local users.

Sun Solaris 8 was reported to be affected by this issue.

Exploit / POC

Sun Solaris Gzip File Permission Modification Vulnerability

An exploit is not required to leverage this issue.

Solution / Fix

Sun Solaris Gzip File Permission Modification Vulnerability

Solution:
Sun has released patches to address this issue:


Sun Solaris 9_x86

Sun Solaris 8_x86

Sun Solaris 8_sparc

Sun Solaris 9

References

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