Solaris dtprintinfo Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:249

Info

Solaris dtprintinfo Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 249
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: May 10 1999 12:00AM
Updated: May 10 1999 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was published in the BUGTRAQ mailing list by UNYUN@ShadowPenguin <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Sun Solaris 7.0_x86
Sun Solaris 7.0
Sun Solaris 2.6_x86
Sun Solaris 2.6
Not Vulnerable: HP HP-UX 11.0
Digital UNIX 4.0 D
Digital UNIX 4.0 C
Digital UNIX 4.0 B
Digital UNIX 4.0 A
Digital UNIX 4.0

Exploit / POC

Solaris dtprintinfo Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Before executing the ex_dtprintinfo exploit set your DISPLAY environment variable correctly, and make a dummy lpstat command like:

% cat > lpstat
echo "system for lpprn: server.com"
^D
% chmod 755 lpstat
% setenv PATH .:$PATH
% gcc ex_dtprintinfo.c
% a.out

Solution / Fix

Solaris dtprintinfo Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Patches are available to all Sun customers at http://sunsolve.sun.com


Sun Solaris 7.0_x86
  • Sun 107220-02
    x86


Sun Solaris 2.6

Sun Solaris 7.0
  • Sun 107219-02
    sparc


Sun Solaris 2.6_x86

References

Solaris dtprintinfo Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

References:

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