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A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris 2.6/7.0/8.0/9.0 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file ld.so.1. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Stack-based buffer overflow in the runtime linker, ld.so.1, on Solaris 2.6 through 9 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long LD_PRELOAD environment variable.
The bug was discovered 07/29/2003. The weakness was disclosed 07/29/2003 by Jouko Pynnonen with iDEFENSE (Website). The advisory is shared for download at idefense.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2003-0609 since 07/28/2003. The attack can only be initiated within the local network. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.
A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C and been published 2 years after the advisory. The exploit is available at downloads.securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at sunsolve.sun.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (12755) and Exploit-DB (114). The entries VDB-226726, VDB-226727, VDB-226728 and VDB-234966 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7
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Class: Stack-based overflowCWE: CWE-121 / CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Partially
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Patch: sunsolve.sun.com
Timeline
07/28/2003 🔍07/29/2003 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: oracle.comAdvisory: idefense.com⛔
Researcher: Jouko Pynnonen
Organization: iDEFENSE
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2003-0609 (🔍)
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X-Force: 12755 - Sun Solaris runtime linker ld.so.1(1) LD_PRELOAD buffer overflow, High Risk
Vulnerability Center: 20866 - Sun Solaris 2.6 through 9 Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Local Root Privileges via a Long LD_PRELOAD, High
SecuriTeam: securiteam.com
SecurityFocus: 8305 - Sun Solaris Runtime Linker LD_PRELOAD Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 9388 - Sun Solaris ld.so.1 Privilege Escalation, Less Critical
OSVDB: 8722 - Solaris ld.so.1 LD_PRELOAD Variable Local Overflow
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 07/31/2003 12:18Updated: 06/26/2019 10:35
Changes: 07/31/2003 12:18 (89), 06/26/2019 10:35 (3)
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