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Article ID : 1000474.1
Article Type : Sun Alerts (SURE)
Last reviewed : 2006-11-28
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Solaris 10 Security Issue With C Library (libc(3LIB)) and libproject(3LIB)

Category
Security

Release Phase
Resolved

Product
Solaris 10 Operating System

Bug Id
6263070

Date of Resolved Release
03-JUN-2005

Impact

A local unprivileged user may be able to gain additional privileges due to a security issue in the C library (libc(3LIB)) and libproject(3LIB).


Contributing Factors

This issue can occur in the following releases:

SPARC Platform

  • Solaris 10 without patch 119689-02

x86 Platform

  • Solaris 10 without patch 118345-03

Note: Solaris 7, Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 are not impacted by this issue.


Symptoms

There are no reliable symptoms that would indicate the described issue has been exploited to gain unauthorized elevated privileges.


Workaround

There is no workaround. Please see the "Resolution" section below.


Resolution

This issue is addressed in the following releases:

SPARC Platform

  • Solaris 10 with patch 119689-02 or later

x86 Platform

  • Solaris 10 with patch 118345-03 or later


References

118345-03
119689-02




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