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>> Sun Solaris "dtsession" Common Desktop Environment Session Manager Vulnerability

Title : Sun Solaris "dtsession" Common Desktop Environment Session Manager Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-2369
CVE ID : CVE-2007-3471
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-06-28


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A vulnerability has been identified in Sun Solaris, which could be exploited by malicious users to obtain elevated privileges. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error in the the "dtsession" Common Desktop Environment (CDE) Session Manager, which could be exploited by local attackers to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Affected Products

Sun Solaris 8
Sun Solaris 9
Sun Solaris 10

Solution

Sun Solaris 8 (SPARC) - Apply patch 109354-26 or later
Sun Solaris 9 (SPARC) - Apply patch 113240-13 or later
Sun Solaris 10 (SPARC) - Apply patch 125279-02 or later
Sun Solaris 8 (x86) - Apply patch 109355-25 or later
Sun Solaris 9 (x86) - Apply patch 113241-13 or later
Sun Solaris 10 (x86) - Apply patch 125280-02 or later

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2369
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102954-1

Credits

Vulnerability reported by the vendor.

ChangeLog

2007-06-28 : Initial release

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