Sun Solaris GFXRES / PGXConfig Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:5390

Info

Sun Solaris GFXRES / PGXConfig Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 5390
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Aug 02 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Aug 02 2002 12:00AM
Credit: Published by Sun Microsystems.
Vulnerable: Sun Solaris 2.5.1
Sun Solaris 8_sparc
Sun Solaris 7.0
Sun Solaris 2.6_sparc
Sun Solaris 2.6
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Sun Solaris GFXRES / PGXConfig Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Buffer overflow vulnerabilities have been reported in the gfxres and pgxconfig binaries included with Solaris. While full details are not available, it is possible that a local attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities execute arbitrary code, possibily with root privileges.

Exploit / POC

Sun Solaris GFXRES / PGXConfig Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Solution / Fix

References

Sun Solaris GFXRES / PGXConfig Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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