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TITLE:
Sun Solaris pkgadd Insecure File Permissions

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA21633

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21633/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Manipulation of data, Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Sun Solaris 10
http://secunia.com/product/4813/

DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in Sun Solaris, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to disclose sensitive information
or gain escalated privileges.

The security issue is caused due to an error in pkgadd, which may set
insecure file permissions (755 or 777) on files and directories when
installing a package with a pkgmap file containing a "?" character in
the "mode" field.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

-- SPARC Platform --

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 119254-26 or later.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-119254-26-1

-- x86 Platform --

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 119255-26 or later.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-119255-26-1

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102513-1

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