Sun Solaris Printd Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability

BID:14510

Info

Sun Solaris Printd Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 14510
Class: Unknown
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Aug 09 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Aug 09 2005 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to H.D. Moore of Metaspoilt.com.
Vulnerable: Sun Solaris 9_x86 Update 2
Sun Solaris 9_x86
Sun Solaris 9
Sun Solaris 8_x86
Sun Solaris 8_sparc
Sun Solaris 7.0_x86
Sun Solaris 7.0
Sun Solaris 10.0_x86
Sun Solaris 10
Avaya Interactive Response 1.3
Avaya Interactive Response 1.2.1
Avaya Interactive Response
Avaya CMS Server 13.0
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 Printd Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability

Sun Solaris printd is affected by an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability. It was reported that a remote or local attacker can delete arbitrary files on a computer with the privileges of printd.

If an attacker is able to delete sensitive files, this issue may lead to a denial of service condition.

Exploit / POC

Sun Solaris Printd Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability

The following metasploit exploit is available:

Solution / Fix

Sun Solaris Printd Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability

Solution:
Sun has released advisory (101842) including fixes to address this issue.

Avaya has released advisory ASA-2005-165 to identify vulnerable Avaya packages. Avaya recommends that users running CMS V9, V10, V11 should install Sun patch 109320-16 or later. CMS R12, R13 requires the installation of Sun patch 113329-15 or later to address this issue. Avaya is currently certifying Patches for Avaya IR and more information will be released in the near future.


Sun Solaris 7.0
  • Sun 107115-19


Sun Solaris 9_x86
  • Sun 114980-16


Sun Solaris 7.0_x86
  • Sun 107116-19


Sun Solaris 10.0_x86
  • Sun 120468-01


Sun Solaris 8_x86
  • Sun 109321-16


Sun Solaris 8_sparc
  • Sun 109320-16


Sun Solaris 10
  • Sun 113329-15

  • Sun 120467-01

References

Sun Solaris Printd Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability

References:

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