Solaris Telnetd User Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Severity: CRITICAL
CVE Identifier: CVE-2007-0882
Advisory Date: FEB 15, 2011
DESCRIPTION
Argument injection vulnerability in the telnet daemon (in.telnetd) in Solaris 10 and 11 (SunOS 5.10 and 5.11) misinterprets certain client "-f" sequences as valid requests for the login program to skip authentication, which allows remote attackers to log into certain accounts, as demonstrated by the bin account.
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
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SOLUTION
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1000942
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1000942 - Solaris Telnetd User Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- Sun Solaris 10.0
- Sun Solaris 11.0
- Sun SunOS 5.10
- Sun SunOS 5.11