Sun Security Bulletin #00184

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                   Sun Microsystems, Inc. Security Bulletin
                
Bulletin Number:        #00184
Date:                   February 10, 1999
Cross-Ref:              
Title:                  man/catman
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1.  Background

    The man command displays information from the reference manuals. The
    catman utility creates preformatted versions of the on-line manuals.
    Vulnerabilities have been discovered with these commands that may be
    exploited to overwrite arbitrary files when man or catman is executed
    by root.

2.  Affected Supported Versions

    Solaris(tm) versions:   7, 7_x86, 2.6, 2.6_x86, 2.5.1, 2.5.1_x86, 2.5,
                            2.5_x86, 2.4, 2.4_x86, and 2.3

    SunOS(tm) versions:     4.1.4 and 4.1.3_U1

3.  Recommendations

    Sun recommends that you install the respective patches immediately
    on affected systems.

    Operating System    Patch ID        
    _________________   _________
    Solaris 7           107038-01               
    Solaris 7_x86       107039-01
    Solaris 2.6         106123-04               
    Solaris 2.6_x86     106124-04
    Solaris 2.5.1       106905-01
    Solaris 2.5.1_x86   106906-01
    Solaris 2.5         106907-01
    Solaris 2.5_x86     106908-01
    Solaris 2.4         106912-01
    Solaris 2.4_x86     106962-01
    Solaris 2.3         106911-01
    SunOS   4.1.4       107157-01
                        107144-01
    SunOS   4.1.3_U1    107156-01
                        107143-01

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