Description
The getdbm procedure in ypxfrd allows local users to read arbitrary files, and remote attackers to read databases outside /var/yp, via a directory traversal and symlink attack on the domain and map arguments.
Affected products
- caldera / openlinux2.2 – 2.2
- caldera / openlinux2.3 – 2.3
- caldera / openlinux2.4 – 2.4
- sco / openserver5.0.5 – 5.0.5
- sco / openserver5.0.6 – 5.0.6
- sco / openserver5.0.6a – 5.0.6a
- sun / solaris9.0 – 9.0
- sun / sunos5.7 – 5.7
- sun / sunos5.8 – 5.8
References
- MISChttp://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/47903
- MAILING_LISThttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103426842025029&w=2
- MISCftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/CSSA-2002-SCO.40
- MISChttp://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10329.php
- MISChttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/538033
- MISChttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2423
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5937