8722 : Solaris ld.so.1 LD_PRELOAD Variable Local Overflow
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Timeline

Vendor Informed Date Vendor Ack Date Disclosure Date Exploit Publish Date
2003-07-01 2003-07-02 2003-07-29 2004-12-22
Time to Vendor Response
1 days

Keywords

SUNALERT 55680

Description

A local overflow exists in Sun Solaris. Solaris fails to handle an overly long LD_PRELOAD environment variable while launching SUID/SGID executables resulting in a stack based overflow. By setting LD_PRELOAD to a specially crafted value, an attacker can cause a deny of service or even execute arbitrary code with elevated priviledges resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB 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
2.6
7
8
9

References

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Credit

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.2
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

Access_vector_0 Access_complexity_2 Authentication_2 Confidentiality_impact_2 Integrity_impact_2 Availability_impact_2

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