Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 23:55:20 +0200
From: Kis-Szabo Andras <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]Subject: Sun Security Bulletin #00189 (fwd)
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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 11:20:55 -0700
From: Sun Security Coordination Team <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]Subject: Sun Security Bulletin #00189
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Sun Microsystems, Inc. Security Bulletin
Bulletin Number: #00189
Date: September 8, 1999
Cross-Ref:
Title: LC_MESSAGES
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1. Bulletin Topics
Sun announces the release of patches for Solaris(tm) 7 and 2.6 (SunOS(tm)
5.7 and 5.6) which relate to a buffer overflow vulnerability involving
the LC_MESSAGES environment variable.
Sun recommends that you install the patches listed in section 4
immediately on systems running SunOS 5.7 and 5.6.
2. Who is Affected
Vulnerable: SunOS 5.7, 5.7_x86, 5.6, 5.6_x86.
Not vulnerable: All other supported versions of SunOS.
3. Understanding the Vulnerability
In libc, the LC_MESSAGES environment variable affects the behavior of
messaging functions. A vulnerability exists where a buffer overflow
could be exploited to gain root access. The patches listed in this
bulletin address both libc and the ufsrestore and rcp binaries which
are statically linked against libc.
4. List of Patches
The following patches are available in relation to the above problem.
SunOS version Patch ID
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5.7 106541-07
5.7 ufsrestore 106793-03
5.7 rcp 107972-01
5.7_x86 106542-07
5.7_x86 ufsrestore 106794-03
5.7_x86 rcp 107973-01
5.6 105210-24
5.6 ufsrestore 105722-03
5.6 rcp 107991-01
5.6_x86 105211-22
5.6_x86 ufsrestore 105723-03
5.6_x86 rcp 107992-01
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APPENDICES
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