CIAC INFORMATION BULLETIN O-088: On both Solaris 8 and 9 (SPARC and x86 Platforms) a local unprivileged user may be able to gain unauthorized root privileges due to a security issue involving the passwd command.
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<H1>O-088: Sun passwd(1) Command Vulnerability</H1>
<H2>[Sun Alert ID: 57454]</H2>
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March 2, 2004 22:00 GMT
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<td valign="top" width="25%"><b>PROBLEM:</b></td>
<td valign="top"> The passwd command computes the hash of a password typed at run-time or the hash of each password in a list. A vulnerability exists in this command.
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<td valign="top" width="25%"><b>PLATFORM:</b></td>
<td valign="top"> Solaris 8, 9 (SPARC and x86 Platforms)
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<td valign="top" width="25%"><b>DAMAGE:</b> </td>
<td valign="top"> A local unprivileged user may be able to gain unauthorized root privileges due to a security issue involving the passwd(1) command.
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<td valign="top" width="25%"><b>SOLUTION:</b></td>
<td valign="top"> Install the security patch.
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<td valign="top" width="25%"><b>VULNERABILITY<br>
ASSESSMENT:</b></td>
<td valign="top">The risk is MEDIUM. A local unprivileged user may be able to gain unauthorized root privileges.
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<td valign="top" width="250"><b> CIAC BULLETIN:</b></td>
<td valign="top"><a href="http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-088.shtml">http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-088.shtml</a> </td>
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<td valign="top" width="250"><b> ORIGINAL BULLETIN:</b></td>
<td valign="top"><B>Sun</B> Alert ID: 57454<br> <a href="http://www.sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert%2F57454&zone_32=category%3Asecurity">http://www.sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert%2F57454&zone_32=category%3Asecurity</a> </td>
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<B>[***** Start Sun Alert ID: 57454 *****]</B>
Sun(sm) Alert Notification
Sun Alert ID: 57454
Synopsis: Security Vulnerability Involving the passwd(1) Command
Category: Security
Product: Solaris
BugIDs: 4793719
Avoidance: Patch
State: Resolved
Date Released: 26-Feb-2004
Date Closed: 26-Feb-2004
Date Modified:
<B>1. Impact </B>
A local unprivileged user may be able to gain unauthorized root privileges due to a
security issue involving the passwd(1) command.
Sun acknowledges, with thanks, Tim Wort (Tim.Wort@InklingResearch.com) for contacting
us regarding this issue.
<B>2. Contributing Factors </B>
This issue can occur in the following releases:
<B>SPARC Platform </B>
Solaris 8 with patch <a href="http://www.sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=108993&rev=14">108993-14</a> through <a href="http://www.sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=108993&rev=31">108993-31</a> and without patch <a href="http://www.sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=108993&rev=32">108993-32</a>
Solaris 9 without patch <a href="http://www.sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=113476&rev=11">113476-11</a>
<B>x86 Platform </B>
Solaris 8 with patch <a href="http://www.sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=108994&rev=14">108994-14</a> through <a href="http://www.sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=108994&rev=31">108994-31</a> and without patch <a href="http://www.sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=108994&rev=32">108994-32</a>
Solaris 9 without patch <a href="http://www.sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=114242&rev=07">114242-07
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Note: Solaris 7 is not affected by this issue.
<B>3. Symptoms </B>
There are no reliable symptoms that would show the described issue has been exploited
to gain unauthorized elevated privileges to a host.
<B>4. Relief/Workaround </B>
There is no workaround for this issue.
<B>5. Resolution </B>
This issue is addressed in the following releases:
<B>SPARC Platform </B>
Solaris 8 with patch <a href="http://www.sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=108993&rev=32">108993-32</a> or later
Solaris 9 with patch <a href="http://www.sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=113476&rev=11">113476-11</a> or later
<B>x86 Platform</B>
Solaris 8 with patch <a href="http://www.sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=108994&rev=32">108994-32</a> or later
Solaris 9 with patch <a href="http://www.sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=114242&rev=07">114242-07</a> or later
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