Solaris arp Vulnerabilities

BID:837

Info

Solaris arp Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 837
Class: Origin Validation Error
CVE: CVE-1999-0859
CVE-1999-0860
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Dec 01 1999 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 12:56AM
Credit: First posted to BugTraq by Brock Tellier <[email protected]>
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_x86HW5/98
Sun Solaris 2.6_x86HW3/98
Sun Solaris 2.6_x86
Sun Solaris 2.6 HW5/98
Sun Solaris 2.6 HW3/98
Sun Solaris 2.6
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Solaris arp Vulnerabilities

It is possible to read bin owned files to which read access is not permitted to local users through exploiting subtle vulnerabilities in arp and chkperm.

With arp, this is done through specifying a file with the -f parameter . When arp tries to interpret the contents of this file (opening and reading it just fine being sgid/suid bin), it will fail and print the "erroneous lines" of the file along with its error messages. Those "erroneous lines" are the contents of the file to which you do not normally have read access (and belong to the user/group bin).

Solaris 2.x are known to be vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

Solaris arp Vulnerabilities

See discussion.

Solution / Fix

Solaris arp Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Currently the SecurityFocus staff 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].

References

Solaris arp Vulnerabilities

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