PT-2002-1176 · Oracle · Solaris

Published 2002-03-07 · Updated 2018-10-30 · CVE-2002-0089

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Solaris versions 2.5 through 8

Description A buffer overflow issue exists in the admintool of Solaris, allowing local users to gain root privileges. This can be achieved by providing long arguments to either the -d command line option or the PRODVERS argument in the .cdtoc file.

Recommendations For Solaris versions 2.5 through 8, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue to prevent local users from gaining root privileges via buffer overflow in admintool.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-0089

Affected Products

Solaris

References · 8

• http://esecurityonline.com/advisories/eSO2397.asp · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0089 · Security Note
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/8954.php · Note
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/270122 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/4624 · Note
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/8955.php · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A67 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A68 · Note