Category
Security
Release Phase
Resolved
Bug Id
6653471, 6655640
ProductSolaris 10 Operating System
OpenSolaris
Date of Resolved Release13-Jan-2009
Security Vulnerabilities in the Solaris lpadmin(1M) and ppdmgr(1M) Utilities May Lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) Condition
1. Impact
Security vulnerabilities in the Solaris lpadmin(1M) and the ppdmgr(1M)
print utilities may, under specific circumstances, allow local
unprivileged users to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) to certain system
services or to the system as a whole.
Sun acknowledges with thanks, Mike Gerdts for bringing these issues to
our attention.
2. Contributing Factors
This issue can occur in the following releases:
SPARC Platform
- Solaris 10 with patch 127127-11 and without patch 139390-01
- OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_61 through snv_106
x86 Platform
- Solaris 10 with patch 127128-11 and without patch 139391-01
- OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_61 through snv_106
Notes:
1. Solaris 8 and 9 are not impacted by these issues.
2. Only OpenSolaris installations including the following affected
executable scripts are impacted by this issue:
/usr/sbin/lpadmin
/usr/sbin/ppdmgr
3. OpenSolaris distributions may include additional bug fixes above and
beyond the base build from which it was derived. The base build can be
derived as follows:
$ uname -v
snv_105
3. Symptoms
There are no predictable symptoms to indicate these issues have been
exploited to lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition.
4. Workaround
There is no workaround for this issue. Please see the Resolution
section below.
5. Resolution
This issue is addressed in the following releases:
SPARC Platform
- Solaris 10 with patch 139390-01 or later
- OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_107 or later
x86 Platform
- Solaris 10 with patch 139391-01 or later
- OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_107 or later
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Security Sun Alerts, see 1009886.1.
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References
139390-01
139391-01
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