Sun Grid Engine daemon multiple unspecified buffer overflows

sge-daemon-bo (28083) The risk level is classified as HighHigh Risk

Description:

The Sun Grid Engine (SGE) daemon is vulnerable to multiple unspecified buffer overflows. A local attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to cause the qmaster or execd process to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code on the system with elevated 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:

Refer to Sun Alert ID: 102322 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

References:

  • Sun Alert ID: 102322: Security Vulnerability With Sun N1 Grid Engine Daemons.
  • BID-19218: Sun Solaris N1 Grid Engine Multiple Local Vulnerabilities
  • CVE-2006-3941: Unspecified vulnerability in the daemons for Sun N1 Grid Engine 5.3 and N1 Grid Engine 6.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (grid service shutdown) and possibly execute arbitrary code using buffer overflows via unknown vectors that cause (1) qmaster or (2) execd to terminate.
  • OSVDB ID: 27639: Sun N1 Grid Engine Unspecified Local Overflows
  • SA21185: Sun Grid Engine Unspecified Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
  • SA22425: Avaya CMS / IR Sun Solaris ACK Storm Denial of Service
  • SECTRACK ID: 1016607: Sun N1 Grid Engine Buffer Overflows Let Local Users Shutdown the Grid Service or Gain Elevated Privileges
  • VUPEN/ADV-2006-3066: Sun N1 Grid Engine Daemons Unspecified Local Buffer Overflow and Privilege Escalation

Platforms Affected:

  • Sun N1 Grid Engine 5.3
  • Sun N1 Grid Engine 6.0

Reported:

Jul 28, 2006

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