Sun Solaris 8.0/9.0 ps information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Sun Solaris 8.0/9.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file ps. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability appears as CVE-1999-1587. In addition, an exploit is available. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris 8.0/9.0 (Operating System). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the file ps. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

/usr/ucb/ps in Sun Microsystems Solaris 8 and 9, and certain earlier releases, allows local users to view the environment variables and values of arbitrary processes via the -e option.

The bug was discovered 03/27/2006. The weakness was presented 03/28/2006 with Sun Microsystems Inc. (Website). The advisory is shared at sunsolve.sun.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-1999-1587 since 03/28/2006. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21172 (Solaris 9 (sparc) : 120240-01), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Solaris Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at sunsolve.sun.com. A possible mitigation has been published 2 years after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (25460), Exploit-DB (2242), Tenable (21172), SecurityFocus (BID 19662†) and OSVDB (24200†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 21172
Nessus Name: Solaris 9 (sparc) : 120240-01
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OpenVAS ID: 855344
OpenVAS Name: Solaris Update for Gnome libtiff - library for reading and writing TIFF 119901-08
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Recommended: Patch
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Patch: sunsolve.sun.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: sunsolve.sun.com⛔
Researcher: http://www.sun.com
Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc.
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-1587 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-1587
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2113

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X-Force: 25460 - Sun Solaris /usr/ucb/ps information disclosure, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 19662 - Sun Solaris UCB/PS Command Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 19426 - Sun Solaris Process Environment Disclosure Security Issue, Less Critical
OSVDB: 24200 - Solaris /usr/ucb/ps Process Environment Variable Disclosure
SecurityTracker: 1015833
Vulnerability Center: 20405 - Sun Solaris 8-9 /usr/ucb/ps Command Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Low
Vupen: ADV-2006-1123

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/29/2006 14:17
Updated: 12/31/2024 16:19
Changes: 03/29/2006 14:17 (100), 08/23/2019 11:02 (1), 12/31/2024 16:19 (20)
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