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TITLE:
Sun Solaris "sadmind" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA32283

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32283/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From local network

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

DESCRIPTION:
Adriano Lima has reported a vulnerability in Sun Solaris, which can
be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the
"adm_build_path()" function in the Solstice AdminSuite distributed
system administration daemon ("sadmind"). This can be exploited to
cause a stack-based buffer overflow via specially crafted RPC
requests.

The vulnerability is reported in Solaris 8 and 9 for both the SPARC
and x86 platforms. Other versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Restrict network access to "sadmind" service.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Adriano Lima, RISE Security

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
RISE Security:
http://risesecurity.org/advisories/RISE-2008001.txt

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