[SA19042] Sun Solaris HSFS File System Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

TITLE:
Sun Solaris HSFS File System Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19042

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19042/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation, DoS

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Sun Solaris 9
http://secunia.com/product/95/
Sun Solaris 8
http://secunia.com/product/94/
Sun Solaris 10
http://secunia.com/product/4813/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Solaris, which can be exploited
by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or gain
escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the HSFS
file system driver and can be exploited to cause a system panic or
execute arbitrary code with escalated privileges.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

– SPARC Platform –

Solaris 8:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-109764-06-1

Solaris 9:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-116047-03-1

Solaris 10:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-119596-03-1

– x86 Platform –

Solaris 8:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-109765-06-1

Solaris 9:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-121995-01-1

Solaris 10:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-118813-03-1

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102161-1

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