January 2005

ID: 00065
Ref: 57/2005
Date: 25 January 2005:14:41:17
Version: 1

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Title: Sun Alert Notification 57727 - Security Vulnerability in Solaris 8 DHCP Administration Utilities
Abstract: 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.
Vendors affected: Sun
Operating systems affected: Sun
Applications affected: Sun

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Title
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Sun Alert Notification 57727 - Security Vulnerability in Solaris 8 DHCP
Administration Utilities

Detail
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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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ESB-2005.0074 -- Sun Alert Notification 57727
Security Vulnerability in Solaris 8 DHCP Administration Utilities
25 January 2005

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Product: dhcpconfig, pntadm and dhcpmgr
Publisher: Sun Microsystems
Operating System: Solaris 8
Impact: Root Compromise
Access: Existing Account

Original Bulletin:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/printfriendly.do?assetkey=1-26-57727-1

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Sun(sm) Alert Notification
* Sun Alert ID: 57727
* Synopsis: Security Vulnerability in Solaris 8 DHCP Administration
Utilities
* Category: Security
* Product: Solaris
* BugIDs: 4646306
* Avoidance: Patch
* State: Resolved
* Date Released: 19-Jan-2005
* Date Closed: 19-Jan-2005
* Date Modified:

1. Impact 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.

2. Contributing Factors This issue can occur in the following
releases:

SPARC Platform

* Solaris 8 with patch 109077-02 through 109077-08 and without patch
109077-09

x86 Platform

* Solaris 8 with patch 109078-02 through 109078-08 and without patch
109078-09

Note: Solaris 7 and Solaris 9 are not affected by this issue.

A system is only vulnerable to this issue if the DHCP server packages
have been installed.

To determine if the DHCP server packages have been installed, the
following command can be run:

$ pkginfo SUNWdhcm SUNWdhcsu

3. Symptoms There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate the
described issue has occurred.

Solution Summary [2]Top

4. Relief/Workaround To work around the described issue, edit each of
the following files:

/usr/lib/inet/dhcp/svcadm/pntadm
/usr/lib/inet/dhcp/svcadm/dhcpconfig
/usr/sadm/admin/bin/dhcpmgr

and modify the following line:

From:

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:${WBEMDIR}

To:

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${WBEMDIR}

5. Resolution This issue is addressed in the following releases:

SPARC Platform

* Solaris 8 with patch 109077-09 or later

x86 Platform

* Solaris 8 with patch 109078-09 or later

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References

1. http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/printfriendly.do?assetkey=1-26-57727-1#top
2. http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/printfriendly.do?assetkey=1-26-57727-1#top

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