Sun Solaris NewGRP Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:12838

Info

Sun Solaris NewGRP Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 12838
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2005-0816
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Mar 18 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 10:56AM
Credit: The individual or individuals responsible for the discovery of this issue are currently unknown; the vendor disclosed this issue.
Vulnerable: Sun Solaris 9_x86
Sun Solaris 9
Sun Solaris 8_x86
Sun Solaris 8_sparc
Sun Solaris 7.0_x86
Sun Solaris 7.0
Avaya Interactive Response 1.3
Avaya Interactive Response 1.2.1
Avaya Interactive Response
Avaya CMS Server 12.0
Avaya CMS Server 11.0
Avaya CMS Server 9.0
Avaya CMS Server 8.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Sun Solaris NewGRP Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

A local buffer overflow vulnerability affects Sun Solaris newgrp. This issue is due to a failure of the application to securely copy user-supplied data into potentially sensitive process buffers.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code with superuser privileges, facilitating local privilege escalation.

Exploit / POC

Sun Solaris NewGRP Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

Sun Solaris NewGRP Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released Sun Alert ID: 57710 along with patches dealing with this issue. Please see the reference section for more information.

Avaya has released an advisory ASA-2005-108 specifying Avaya Call Management System (CMS) and the Avaya Interactive Response (IR) as vulnerable to this issue. CMS patches are available from the vendor. IR patches will be released in the next Solaris patch cluster. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.


Sun Solaris 7.0

Sun Solaris 8_x86

Sun Solaris 8_sparc

Sun Solaris 9

Sun Solaris 9_x86

Sun Solaris 7.0_x86

References

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