Sun Security Advisory - A security vulnerability in the DHCP administration utilities dhcpconfig(1M), pntadm(1M), and dhcpmgr(1M) may allow an unprivileged local user the ability to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of root.
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--></STYLE><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%"><tr><td nowrap="" width="3%" valign="top"><b>Document Audience:</b></td><td valign="top" align="left"><cds:audience xmlns:cds="https://cds.central" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">PUBLIC</cds:audience></td></tr><tr><td nowrap="" width="3%" valign="top"><b>Document ID:</b></td><td valign="top" align="left"><cds:source-id xmlns:cds="https://cds.central" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">57727</cds:source-id></td></tr><tr><td nowrap="" width="3%" valign="top"><b>Title:</b></td><td valign="top" align="left">Document ID 57727</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="" width="3%" valign="top"><b>Synopsis:</b></td><td valign="top" align="left">Security Vulnerability in Solaris 8 DHCP Administration Utilities </td></tr><tr><td nowrap="" width="3%" valign="top"><b>Update Date:</b></td><td valign="top" align="left">2005-01-19</td></tr></table><hr><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%"><tr bgcolor="#999999"><td><font color="#ffffff" size="2"><b>Description</b></font></td><td align="right"><b><a href="#top"><font color="#ffffff" size="2">Top</font></a></b></td></tr></table><b>
Sun(sm) Alert Notification
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Sun Alert ID: 57727
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Synopsis: Security Vulnerability in Solaris 8 DHCP Administration Utilities
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Category: Security
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Product: Solaris
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BugIDs: 4646306
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Avoidance: Patch
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State: Resolved
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Date Released: 19-Jan-2005
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Date Closed: 19-Jan-2005
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Date Modified:
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1. Impact
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A security vulnerability in the DHCP administration utilities dhcpconfig(1M), pntadm(1M), and dhcpmgr(1M) may allow an unprivileged local user the ability to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of root.
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2. Contributing Factors
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This issue can occur in the following releases:
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<b>SPARC Platform</b>
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Solaris 8 with patch 109077-02 through 109077-08 and without patch 109077-09
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<b>x86 Platform</b>
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Solaris 8 with patch 109078-02 through 109078-08 and without patch 109078-09
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<b>Note:</b> Solaris 7 and Solaris 9 are not affected by this issue.
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A system is only vulnerable to this issue if the DHCP server packages have been installed.
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To determine if the DHCP server packages have been installed, the following command can be run:
<p></p><pre> $ <b>pkginfo SUNWdhcm SUNWdhcsu</b> </pre><b>
3. Symptoms
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There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate the described issue has occurred.
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<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%"><tr bgcolor="#999999"><td><font color="#ffffff" size="2"><b>Solution Summary</b></font></td><td align="right"><b><a href="#top"><font color="#ffffff" size="2">Top</font></a></b></td></tr></table><b>
4. Relief/Workaround
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To work around the described issue, edit each of the following files:
<p></p><pre> /usr/lib/inet/dhcp/svcadm/pntadm
/usr/lib/inet/dhcp/svcadm/dhcpconfig
/usr/sadm/admin/bin/dhcpmgr </pre>
and modify the following line:
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From:
<p></p><pre> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:${WBEMDIR} </pre>
To:
<p></p><pre> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${WBEMDIR} </pre><b>
5. Resolution
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This issue is addressed in the following releases:
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<b>SPARC Platform</b>
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Solaris 8 with patch 109077-09 or later
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<b>x86 Platform</b>
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Solaris 8 with patch 109078-09 or later
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