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                   Sun Microsystems, Inc. Security Bulletin

Bulletin Number:        #00169
Date:                   April 29, 1998
Cross-Ref:
Title:                  ufsrestore
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1.  Bulletins Topics

    Sun announces the release of patches for Solaris(tm) 2.5.1 and 2.5
    (SunOS(tm) 5.5.1 and 5.5), which relate to a vulnerability in ufsrestore.

    Sun recommends that you install the patches listed in section 4
    immediately on systems running SunOS 5.5.1 and 5.5.

2.  Who is Affected

    Vulnerable:  SunOS 5.5.1, 5.5.1_x86, 5.5 and 5.5_x86.

    Not vulnerable: All other supported versions of SunOS.

3.  Understanding the Vulnerability

    The ufsrestore utility is used to restore files from backup media
    created with the ufsdump command. A vulnerability has been found
    in ufsrestore which, if exploited, would permit a user to become
    root.

4.  List of Patches

    The following patches are available in relation to the above problem.

    SunOS               Patch ID
    _____               _________

    SunOS 5.5.1         104490-05
    SunOS 5.5.1_x86     104491-04
    SunOS 5.5           103261-06
    SunOS 5.5_x86       103262-06

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APPENDICES

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