Sun Solaris Solaris Named Pipes information disclosure
| solaris-namedpipes-information-disclosure (36918) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Sun Solaris could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error in the Solaris Named Pipes. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to memory locations and read kernel memory and obtain other sensitive information.
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: 103061 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For other distributions:
Apply the appropriate update for your system. See References.
Consequences:
Obtain Information
References:
- iDefense PUBLIC ADVISORY: 10.02.07, Sun Microsystems Solaris FIFO FS Information Disclosure Vulnerability at http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=603.
- Sun Alert ID: 103061, Security Vulnerability in Solaris Named Pipes (pipe(2)) May Allow Unauthorized Data Access at http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103061-1.
- ASA-2007-463: Security Vulnerability in Solaris Named Pipes (pipe(2)) May Allow Unauthorized Data Access (Sun 103061)
- BID-25905: Sun Solaris I_PEEK IOCTL Handler Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-5225: Integer signedness error in FIFO filesystems (named pipes) on Sun Solaris 8 through 10 allows local users to read the contents of unspecified memory locations via a negative maximum length value to the I_PEEK ioctl.
- SA27024: Sun Solaris FIFO File System Unauthorized Data Access
- SA27654: Avaya CMS / IR Sun Solaris FIFO File System Unauthorized Data Access
- SECTRACK ID: 1018766: Solaris Named Pipes Bug Discloses Kernel Memory to Local Users
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-3339: Sun Solaris Named Pipes Unauthorized Local Data Access Vulnerability
Reported:
Oct 02, 2007
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