From draht2@RZLIN1.RUF.UNI-FREIBURG.DE Sat Jul 18 17:48:53 1998
From: Roman Drahtmueller <draht2@RZLIN1.RUF.UNI-FREIBURG.DE>
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 01:43:07 +0200
Subject: Sun Security Bulletin #00173

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                   Sun Microsystems, Inc. Security Bulletin

Bulletin Number:        #00173
Date:                   July 15, 1998
Cross-Ref:
Title:                  SUNWadmap
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1.  Bulletins Topics

    Sun announces the release of patches for Solaris(tm) 2.6 (SunOS(tm) 5.6),
    which relate to a vulnerability in the System administration applications
    package, SUNWadmap.

    Sun strongly recommends that you install the patches listed in section
    4 immediately on systems running SunOS 5.6 which have installed the
    SUNWadmap package from the Solaris 2.6 Hardware:3/98 or 5/98 update
    releases.

2.  Who is Affected

    Systems running SunOS 5.6 and 5.6_x86 which installed the SUNWadmap
    package from the Solaris 2.6 Hardware:3/98 or 5/98 update releases.

3.  Understanding the Vulnerability

    The System administration applications package, SUNWadmap, provides
    software used to perform system administration tasks.  A vulnerability
    has been discovered in the SUNWadmap package of the Solaris 2.6
    Hardware:3/98 and 5/98 update releases which could be exploited to get
    root access.

4.  List of Patches

    The following patches are available in relation to the above problem.

    SunOS               Patch ID
    _____               _________
    SunOS 5.6           105800-02       (requires patch 106125-05)
    SunOS 5.6_x86       105801-02       (requires patch 106126-05)

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