LPRNG runlpr Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:6077

Info

LPRNG runlpr Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 6077
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2002-1285
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Oct 31 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 06:06PM
Credit: Vulnerability announced in a SuSE advisory.
Vulnerable: SuSE Linux 8.1
SuSE Linux 8.0
SuSE Linux 7.3
SuSE Linux 7.2
SuSE Linux 7.1
SuSE Linux 7.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

LPRNG runlpr Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

A vulnerability has been discovered in the 'runlpr' utility, which could allow a malicious user to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the 'lprng' process.

By passing malicious strings via the commandline, it is possible for an attacker to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges.

Precise technical details regarding this issue are unknown at this time. This bid will updated accordingly, as more information regarding the vulnerability becomes available.

Exploit / POC

LPRNG runlpr Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

LPRNG runlpr Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
SuSE has released an advisory. Fixes available.

Fixes:


SuSE Linux 7.0

SuSE Linux 7.1

SuSE Linux 7.2

SuSE Linux 7.3

SuSE Linux 8.0

SuSE Linux 8.1

References

LPRNG runlpr Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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