Solaris UUCP Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:6600

Info

Solaris UUCP Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 6600
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jan 13 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 13 2003 12:00AM
Credit: The discovery of this vulnerability has been credited to hipnosis hipnosis <[email protected]>. The issue was also discovered independently by Gloomy.
Vulnerable: Sun Solaris 8_sparc
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Solaris UUCP Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

A vulnerability has been discovered in the UUCP utility for Solaris. It is possible to trigger a buffer overflow in UUCP by sending excessive data as a user-supplied command line parameter. Although it has not yet been confirmed, it is likely that this issue is exploitable to execute arbitrary code. As UUCP is typically installed setuid root, all commands will be executed with superuser privileges.

Exploit / POC

Solaris UUCP Local Buffer Overflow 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

Solaris UUCP Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches 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]>.

References

Solaris UUCP Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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