Description
The Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) API 4.6.1 and 4.6.2, as used in Sun Solaris 10, trusts user-specified environment variables for specifying log files even when running from setuid programs, which allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20471 ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4016 ↗
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=418 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448691/100/0/threaded ↗
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45433/ ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29489 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22348 ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1819 ↗
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102658-1 ↗
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017050 ↗