31881 : Solaris Forced Login in.telnetd Authentication Bypass
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Timeline

Disclosure Date Exploit Publish Date Vendor Solution Date
2007-02-10 2007-02-10 2007-02-13
Days of Exposure
3 days

Keywords

telnetd

Description

Solaris contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to log in as an arbitrary user. The issue is triggered when a specified command-line option is provided to the in.telnetd daemon. It is possible that the flaw may allow unauthorized login resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Authentication Management
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Patch / RCS
Exploit: Exploit Public, Exploit Commercial, Exploit Wormified
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, Sun has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Watch-list
Solaris
Watch-list
10

References

Tools & Filters

Snort

10136
24323

Manual Testing Notes

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 10.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-02-13 | Disagree?

Access_vector_2 Access_complexity_2 Authentication_2 Confidentiality_impact_2 Integrity_impact_2 Availability_impact_2

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