Sun Grid Engine Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:16366

Info

Sun Grid Engine Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 16366
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2006-0408
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jan 24 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 27 2007 10:18PM
Credit: The vendor disclosed this issue.
Vulnerable: Sun Grid Engine 5.3 x86
Sun Grid Engine 5.3 Sun Linux
Sun Grid Engine 5.3 64-bit SPARC
Sun Grid Engine 5.3 32-bit SPARC
Sun Grid Engine 6.0 Update7
Sun Grid Engine 6.0 Update6
Sun Grid Engine 6.0 Update5
Sun Grid Engine 6.0 Update4
Sun Grid Engine 6.0 Update3
Sun Grid Engine 6.0 Update2
Sun Grid Engine 6.0 Update1
Sun Grid Engine 6.0
Not Vulnerable: Sun Grid Engine 6.0 Update7_1

Discussion

Sun Grid Engine Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Sun Grid Engine is susceptible to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

This issue allows local users to gain superuser privileges, facilitating the complete compromise of affected computers.

Sun Grid Engine versions prior to 6.0u7_1 are vulnerable to this issue.

Exploit / POC

Sun Grid Engine Local Privilege Escalation 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]

Solution / Fix

Sun Grid Engine Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released Sun Alert ID 102268 along with fixes to address this issue. Please see the referenced alert for information on obtaining fixes.


Sun Grid Engine 6.0

Sun Grid Engine 6.0 Update1

Sun Grid Engine 5.3 32-bit SPARC

Sun Grid Engine 5.3 64-bit SPARC

Sun Grid Engine 5.3 Sun Linux

References

Sun Grid Engine Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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