Sun Grid Engine utilbin//rsh privilege escalation
| sge-rsh-privilege-escalation (24281) |  High Risk |
Description:
Sun Grid Engine (SGE) could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by the improper validation of arguments by the utilbin/[arch]/rsh client. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability using unknown attack vectors to execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 7 |
| Access Vector: | Local |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Complete |
| Integrity Impact: | Complete |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
| Temporal Score: | 5.2 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
Remedy:
Upgrade to the current version of Sun Grid Engine (version 6.0u_1 or later) available from the SunSource.net Web site. See References.
--OR--
Refer to Sun Alert ID: 102268 in order to obtain platform-specific patches. See References.
References:
- Sun BugID - List of Bug Fixes and Patches Released: Bugs fixed in SGE 6.0u7_1 since release 6.0u7.
- SunSource.net Web site: gridengine:Home.
- SunSource.net Web site: Download Grid Engine 6.0 Update7_1.
- BID-16366: Sun Grid Engine Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-0408: rsh utility in Sun Grid Engine (SGE) before 6.0u7_1 allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, possibly involving command line arguments.
- SA18580: Sun Grid Engine rsh Client Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- SECTRACK ID: 1015531: Grid Engine Bug in `rsh` Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-0308: Sun Grid Engine rsh Client Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Compaq Tru64 5.0
- Compaq Tru64 5.1
- IBM AIX 4.3
- IBM AIX 5.1
- SGI IRIX 6.5
- Sun Grid Engine 6.0 Update1
- Sun Grid Engine 6.0 Update4
- Sun Grid Engine 6.0 Update5
- Sun Grid Engine 6.0 Update6
- Sun Grid Engine 6.0 Update7
- Sun Grid Engine 6.0 Update2
- Sun Grid Engine 6.0 Update3
- Sun Grid Engine 6.0
- Sun Solaris 10 SPARC
- Sun Solaris 10 x86
- Sun Solaris 7.0 x86
- Sun Solaris 7.0 SPARC
- Sun Solaris 8 SPARC
- Sun Solaris 8 x86
- Sun Solaris 9 x86
- Sun Solaris 9 SPARC
Reported:
Jan 24, 2006
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