Sun Solaris 5.8/8.0 SNMP Proxy Agent memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Sun Solaris 5.8/8.0. This affects an unknown function of the component SNMP Proxy Agent. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2001-0470. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris 5.8/8.0 (Operating System). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component SNMP Proxy Agent. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in SNMP proxy agent snmpd in Solaris 8 may allow local users to gain root privileges by calling snmpd with a long program name.

The bug was discovered 03/13/2001. The weakness was disclosed 06/27/2001 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2001-0470. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 106 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (6239), SecurityFocus (BID 2485†), OSVDB (8695†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-20816†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Sun

Name

• Solaris

Version

• 5.8
• 8.0

License

• commercial

Support

• end of life (old version)

Website

• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com/sun/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.9

VulDB Base Score: 9.3
VulDB Temp Score: 8.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2001-0470 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0470
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16882
X-Force: 6239
SecurityFocus: 2485 - Solaris SSP SNMPD Argument Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: 8695 - Sun Solaris OS, Buffer Overflow via SSP SNMPD Argument
Vulnerability Center: 20816 - Sun Solaris 8 SunOS 5.8 Buffer Overflow Local Root Privileges and DoS Vulnerability, High

Entryinfo

Created: 07/04/2014 17:28
Updated: 08/27/2019 06:47
Changes: 07/04/2014 17:28 (61), 08/27/2019 06:47 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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