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TITLE:
Sun Solaris unzip File Permission Change Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27684

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27684/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Sun Solaris 8
http://secunia.com/product/94/
Sun Solaris 9
http://secunia.com/product/95/
Sun Solaris 10
http://secunia.com/product/4813/

DESCRIPTION:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Sun Solaris, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with
escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA16309

The vulnerability is reported in Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 for both
the x86 and SPARC platforms.

SOLUTION:
Do not extract untrusted zip archives.

There are preliminary patches for Solaris 9:

-- x86 Platform --

Apply T-patch T112951-14

-- SPARC Platform --

Apply T-patch T114194-11

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103150-1

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA16309:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16309/

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