Oracle Solaris 'rdist' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	41612
Class:	Boundary Condition Error
CVE:	CVE-2010-0916
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	Jul 13 2010 12:00AM
Updated:	Jul 15 2010 04:06PM
Credit:	Monarch Rich
Vulnerable:	Sun Solaris 10_x86 Sun Solaris 10_sparc Sun OpenSolaris build snv_99 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_98 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_96 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_95 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_94 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_93 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_92 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_91 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_90 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_89 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_88 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_87 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_86 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_85 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_84 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_83 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_82 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_81 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_80 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_78 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_77 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_76 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_74 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_71 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_68 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_67 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_64 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_61 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_59 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_58 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_57 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_56 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_54 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_51 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_50 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_49 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_48 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_47 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_45 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_41 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_39 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_38 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_37 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_36 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_35 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_29 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_28 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_22 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_19 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_137 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_136 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_135 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_134a Sun OpenSolaris build snv_134 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_133 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_132 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_131 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_130 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_13 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_129 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_128 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_127 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_126 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_125 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_124 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_123 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_122 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_121 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_120 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_119 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_118 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_117 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_116 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_115 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_114 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_113 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_112 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_111a Sun OpenSolaris build snv_111 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_110 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_109 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_108 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_107 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_106 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_105 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_104 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_103 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_102 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_101a Sun OpenSolaris build snv_101 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_100 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_02 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_01 Sun OpenSolaris 0
Not Vulnerable:

Oracle Solaris 'rdist' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Oracle Solaris is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

Local attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with superuser privileges. Successfully exploiting this issue will result in the complete compromise of affected computers.

The following products are affected:

Solaris 10
OpenSolaris

Oracle Solaris 'rdist' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

The following proof of concept command line argument is available:

/usr/bin/rdist -cDwh file_that_is_hardlink rlogin_host:LONG_STRING

Oracle Solaris 'rdist' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Vendor updates are available. Please contact the vendor for more information.

Oracle Solaris 'rdist' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

References:

• Unsecurity Research Published Advisories 2010 (Unsecurity Research)
  
• Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2010 (Oracle)