Re: Solaris patchadd(1) (3) symlink vulnerabilty

[Dan Harkless <dan-bugtraq () DILVISH SPEED NET>]

Paul Szabo <psz () MATHS USYD EDU AU> writes:
> Jonathan Fortin <jfortin () REVELEX COM> wrote:
>
> > When patchadd is executed, It creates a temporary file called
> > "/tmp/sh<pidofpatchadd>.1" , "/tmp/sh<pidofpatchadd>.2 ,
> > "/tmp/sh<pidofpatchadd>.3  and assigns them mode 666 ...
>
> I guess that patchadd is a "sh" script using the "<<" construct, this
> being an instance of the bug I reported recently:
>
>   http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=200011230225.NAA19716 () milan maths usyd edu au
>
> This is essentially the same as the tcsh bug fixed recently in other OSs.

Speaking of which, I wonder if Sun has any plans to upgrade the tcsh 6.09.00
they provide with Solaris 8 to fix the << vulnerability.  Based on a grep of
the Dec 17 Solaris8.PatchReport, they still haven't gotten with the program
and fixed tcsh like the other vendors did some time ago.

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