Description
Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) dbm_open function, as used in ndbm and dbm, and the (2) dbminit function in Solaris 2.6 through 9 allow local users to gain root privileges via long arguments to Xsun or other programs that use these functions.
References
- 9088 third-party-advisory
- 55420 vendor-advisory
- sun-database-functions-bo(12379) vdb-entry
- N-108 third-party-advisory government-resource
- 7991 vdb-entry
- 64758 vdb-entry
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2014-1972949.html