Sun Grid Engine daemon multiple unspecified buffer overflows
| sge-daemon-bo (28083) |  High 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.
Platforms Affected:
- Sun, N1 Grid Engine 5.3
- Sun, N1 Grid Engine 6.0
Remedy:
Refer to Sun Alert ID: 102322 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
References:
- Sun Alert ID: 102322, Security Vulnerability With Sun N1 Grid Engine Daemons at http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102322-1.
- 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
Reported:
Jul 28, 2006
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