PT-1997-1239 · Oracle · Solaris Solstice Adminsuite

Published 1997-11-10 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-1999-1424

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.2

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Solaris Solstice AdminSuite (AdminSuite) version 2.1

Description The issue allows local users to gain root access by modifying their password table entries due to unsafe permissions when adding new users to the NIS+ password table.

Recommendations For version 2.1, consider restricting access to the NIS+ password table to prevent local users from modifying their password table entries until a fix is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1424

Affected Products

Solaris Solstice Adminsuite

References · 3

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/208 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1424 · Security Note
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/145 · Vendor Advisory