Cobalt RaQ authenticate Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:5695

Info

Cobalt RaQ authenticate Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 5695
Class: Unknown
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Sep 11 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 11 2002 12:00AM
Credit: Vulnerability discovery credited to Charles Stevenson <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Sun Cobalt RaQ4 RAID 3100R
Sun Cobalt RaQ4 3001R
Sun Cobalt RaQ XTR 3500R
Sun Cobalt Qube3 w/Caching 4010WG
Sun Cobalt Qube3 w/ Caching and RAID 4100WG
Sun Cobalt Qube3 4000WG
Sun Cobalt Control Station 4100CS
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Cobalt RaQ authenticate Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Sun has released an advisory warning that it is possible for local users to escalate priveleges on Sun/Cobalt RaQ or Qube systems, by exploiting a vulnerability located in /usr/lib/authenticate.

Exploit / POC

Cobalt RaQ authenticate Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

An exploit has been released by core.

Solution / Fix

Cobalt RaQ authenticate Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Sun has released upgrades which address this issue.


Sun Cobalt RaQ4 3001R

Sun Cobalt RaQ XTR 3500R

Sun Cobalt Qube3 4000WG

Sun Cobalt Qube3 w/ Caching and RAID 4100WG

Sun Cobalt Qube3 w/Caching 4010WG

Sun Cobalt RaQ4 RAID 3100R

References

Cobalt RaQ authenticate Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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