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TITLE:
Sun SNMP Management Agent Insecure Temporary Files

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33328

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33328/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
Sun SNMP Management Agent 1.x
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/20865/

DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in Sun SNMP Management Agent,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain
actions with escalated privileges.

The problem is caused due to the agent using temporary files in an
insecure manner. This can be exploited to overwrite arbitrary files
via symlink attacks.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.5.5 or later (for Solaris 8, 9, and 10).
http://www.sun.com/download/

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Matthew Flanagan, Singtel Optus Pty Ltd.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-248646-1

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