Overview
Oracle Solaris 10 back-out patch files (undo.Z) contain password hashes which may be readable by unprivileged users.
Description
The root password hash along with other users' password hashes may be contained in the back-out patch files. In some instances, these files may be readable by unprivileged users. An unprivileged user can extract the password hashes from the file and perform a brute force attack on the password hashes in an attempt to recover the password. |
Impact
An attacker may be able to obtain the credentials for the root or other user accounts. |
Solution
Apply an Update Install patch 119254-80. Patch 119254-80 is also part of the April 1st recommended patch set for Solaris 10. |
Restrict Access System administrators should make sure the permissions for back-out patch files are not world-readable. These can typically be found at /var/sadm/pkg/<pkgname>/save/<patchid>/undo.Z. |
Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
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References
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Michael Rutkowski of Duer Advanced Technology and Aerospace, Inc (DATA) for reporting this vulnerability.
This document was written by Jared Allar.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2011-0412 |
| Severity Metric: | 0.54 |
| Date Public: | 2011-04-05 |
| Date First Published: | 2011-04-05 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2011-04-05 18:41 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 24 |