Solaris eeprom Vulnerability

BID:206

Info

Solaris eeprom Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 206
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jun 24 1997 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 24 1997 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was released by Sun Microsystems as Sun Bulletin 00143 on June 24, 1997.
Vulnerable: Sun Solaris 2.5.1
Sun Solaris 2.5
Sun Solaris 2.4
Sun Solaris 2.3
Not Vulnerable: Sun Solaris 2.5.1 _x86
Sun Solaris 2.5.1 _ppc
Sun Solaris 7.0_x86
Sun Solaris 7.0
Sun Solaris 2.6_x86
Sun Solaris 2.6
Sun Solaris 2.5_x86
Sun Solaris 2.4_x86

Discussion

Solaris eeprom Vulnerability

The eeprom program changes or displays the value of parameters in the EEPROM (Electrically erasable programmable read-only memory). A buffer overflow condition has been discovered in the setgid bin eeprom program that may allow a non-privileged user to gain root access to the system.

Exploit / POC

Solaris eeprom Vulnerability

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