30843 : Solaris ld.so LANG Variable Traversal Local Privilege Escalation
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2006-12-12

Time to Patch	Time to Vendor Response
99 days	3 days

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2006-6494" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Directory traversal vulnerability in ld.so.1 in Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the LANG environment variable that points to a locale file containing attacker-controlled format string specifiers.

Classification

Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Exploit: Exploit Private
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

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

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

Security Tracker: 1017376
CVE ID: 2006-6494 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 21564
Secunia Advisory ID: 23317 23991
SCIP VulDB ID: 2743
Related OSVDB ID: 30842
ISS X-Force ID: 30849
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2006-4979
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-12/0238.html
Other Advisory URL: http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=449
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-019.htm
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102724-1

Credit

Anonymous - iDefense Labs VCP

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 6.6
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-12-13 | Disagree?

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