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TITLE:
eEye Retina Audit ID 2499 Privilege Escalation Weakness

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA46794

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-11-09

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DESCRIPTION:
A weakness has been reported in eEye Retina, which can be exploited
by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

The weakness is caused due to the Audit ID 2499 ("Gauntlet Firewall
For UNIX Buffer Overflow") executing a certain file in the
"/usr/local" folder, which can be exploited to execute arbitrary code
with the privileges of the Retina scanner by placing a malicious file
within the "/usr/local" folder.

The weakness is reported in eEye Digital Security Audits Revision
2406 through Audits Revision 2423 when scanning Solaris, HP-UX, and
IRIX systems.

SOLUTION:
Update to Digital Security Audits Revision 2424 (released
10/03/2011).

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Michael Rutkowski, Duer Advanced Technology and Aerospace, Inc (DATA)

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.eeye.com/Resources/Security-Center/Research/Security-Advisories/AL20111108

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