Solaris lpstat Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:7239

Info

Solaris lpstat Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 7239
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2003-0091
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Mar 31 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 09:06PM
Credit: Discovered by NSFOCUS.
Vulnerable: Sun Solaris 2.5.1 _x86
Sun Solaris 2.5.1 _ppc
Sun Solaris 2.5.1
Sun Solaris 7.0_x86
Sun Solaris 7.0
Sun Solaris 2.6_x86
Sun Solaris 2.6
Not Vulnerable: Sun Solaris 9_x86 Update 2
Sun Solaris 9_x86
Sun Solaris 9
Sun Solaris 8_x86
Sun Solaris 8_sparc

Discussion

Solaris lpstat Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

The lpstat utility is used to display the contents of the print queue. It has been reported that the version of lpstat shipped with Sun Solaris is vulnerable to a locally exploitable buffer overflow. As lpstat for Solaris is configured setuid root, exploitation of this vulnerability could result in elevation of privileges for a local attacker.

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Solaris lpstat Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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