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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

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

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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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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