Sun Solaris rcp command execution
| solaris-rcp-command-execution (35334) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Sun Solaris could allow a local or authenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a file with a specially-crafted name to execute arbitrary commands on the system, if the attacker could persuade the victim to copy the file using the rcp command.
Note: In order to remotely exploit this vulnerability, Solaris must be configured with a shared filesystem.
Platforms Affected:
- Avaya, Call Management System 12
- Avaya, Call Management System 13
- Avaya, Call Management System 13.1
- Avaya, Call Management System 14
- Avaya, Interactive Response 1.3
- Avaya, Interactive Response 2.0
- Avaya, Interactive Response 3.0
- Sun, Solaris 10 SPARC
- Sun, Solaris 10 x86
- Sun, Solaris 8 x86
- Sun, Solaris 8 SPARC
- Sun, Solaris 9 x86
- Sun, Solaris 9 SPARC
Remedy:
Refer to Sun Alert ID: 102978 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Avaya (rcp):
Refer to ASA-2007-319 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
References:
- Sun Alert ID: 102978, Security Vulnerability in the rcp(1) Command May Allow Execution of Unintended Commands at http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102978-1.
- ASA-2007-319: Security Vulnerability in the rcp(1) Command May Allow Execution of Unintended Commands (Sun 102978)
- CVE-2007-3717: rcp on Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 before 20070710 does not properly call certain helper applications, which allows local users to gain privileges by creating files with certain names, possibly containing shell metacharacters or spaces, a similar issue to CVE-2006-0225.
- SA26024: Sun Solaris rcp Command Line Shell Command Injection
- SA26210: Avaya CMS / IR Solaris rcp Command Line Shell Command Injection
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-2494: Sun Solaris rcp Command Filename Processing Code Execution Vulnerability
Reported:
Jul 10, 2007
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