Sun Management Center Change Manager PamVerifier Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Risk
High
Date Discovered
06-02-2003
Description
It has been reported that Sun Management Center (SunMC) Change Manager is vulnerable to a remote boundary condition error. Because of this, it may be possible for an attacker to gain administrative access to a system remotely.
Platforms Affected
Sun Solaris 8.0
Sun Solaris 9.0
Components Affected
Sun SunMC Change Manager 1.0
Recommendations
Block external access at the network boundary, unless service is required by external parties.
Restrict untrusted and unauthorized network traffic to services started by the Sun Management Center.
Disable any unneccessary default services.
Services started by the system that are not implicitly required should be disabled to prevent exposure to potential attacks.
Sun has made fixes available:
Sun SunMC Change Manager 1.0:
Sun Patch 113105-01
http://sunsolve.sun.com
Sun Patch 113106-01
http://sunsolve.sun.com
References
Source: Sun Alert ID: 55160
URL: http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert%2F55160
Credits
Vulnerability announced by Sun.
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