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TITLE:
Sun Solaris / SEAM Kerberos PAM Module Privilege Escalation

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33921

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33921/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

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

SOFTWARE:
Sun SEAM 1.x
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/1006/

DESCRIPTION:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Solaris and Sun Enterprise
Authentication Mechanism (SEAM), which can be exploited by malicious,
local users to gain escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA33914

The vulnerability is reported in Sun Enterprise Authentication
Mechanism version 1.0.1 and Solaris 9 and 10 for both the SPARC and
x86 platform.

SOLUTION:
Do not use the Solaris Kerberos Module.

Grant only trusted users access to affected systems.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Russ Allbery and Steven Luo.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-252767-1

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA33914:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33914/

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