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TITLE:
BlueCat Networks Adonis CLI Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26495

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CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
BlueCat Networks Adonis
http://secunia.com/product/15130/

DESCRIPTION:
forloop has reported a vulnerability in BlueCat Networks Adonis,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain elevated
privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to the improper checking of arguments
passed to the "set host-name" command from the Command Line Interface
(CLI) (reportedly more commands are affected). This can be exploited
to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the root user.

NOTE: The CLI is accessible only by users with administrator login
capabilities.

The vulnerability is reported in version 5.0.2.8. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Give administrator access only to trusted users. The vendor is
reportedly working on a patch.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Discovered by forloop of Template Security.

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