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TITLE:
SGI ProPack arrayd Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA16006

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16006/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
>From local network

OPERATING SYSTEM:
SGI Advanced Linux Environment 3
http://secunia.com/product/4493/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported arrayd, which can be exploited by
malicious users to gain escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the arshell command
and can be exploited to start a shell with root privileges on any
hosts in the configured cluster or array.

The vulnerability has been reported in ProPack 3 SP5 and SP6 and in
ProPack 4.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.
http://support.sgi.com/

SGI ProPack 3 Service Pack 5:
Apply Patch 10181.

SGI ProPack 3 Service Pack 6:
Apply Patch 10185.

SGI ProPack 4:
Apply Patch 10182.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.

OTHER REFERENCES:
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20050701-01-P.asc

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