#200612: Solaris 10 Security Issue With C Library (libc(3LIB)) and libproject(3LIB)

Solaris 10 Security Issue With C Library (libc(3LIB)) and libproject(3LIB)

Impact

A local unprivileged user may be able to gain additional privileges due to a security issue in the C library (libc(3LIB)) and libproject(3LIB).

Contributing Factors

This issue can occur in the following releases:

SPARC Platform

x86 Platform

Note: Solaris 7, Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 are not impacted by this issue.

Symptoms

There are no reliable symptoms that would indicate the described issue has been exploited to gain unauthorized elevated privileges.

Workaround

There is no workaround. Please see the "Resolution" section below.

Resolution

This issue is addressed in the following releases:

SPARC Platform

x86 Platform

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