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Bugtraq: Re: Serious hole in Solaris 2.5[.1] gethostbyname() (exploit

Re: Serious hole in Solaris 2.5[.1] gethostbyname() (exploit

From: Mike Battersby <mib_at_deakin.edu.au>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 15:07:50 +1100

Russell Street writes:
> > with patch level 103615-01 and up. Try backing out of that patch and it
> I have a 2.5 machines (SS4, SS10) that is vunerable. It has no patches at

Our 2.5.1 machines don't have that patch installed. They're vulnerable
with:

        hosts: dns
or hosts: dns files

in nsswitch.conf, but as soon as you add "nis" in there the exploit program
just sends things into an infinite loop (it appears).

 - Mike 

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|   Mike Battersby                        |   mike_at_starbug.bofh.asn.au        |
|   http://www.deakin.edu.au/~mib/        |   mib@deakin.edu.au               |
Received on Nov 19 1996
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