Bugtraq: Re: Oracle 8 root exploit

[levins () WESTNET COM (Adam and Christine Levin)]

On Sat, 13 Nov 1999, Tellier, Brock wrote:
> OVERVIEW
> A vulnerability exists in Oracle 8.1.5 for UN*X which may allow any user
> to obtain root privileges.
Confirmed for Oracle 8.0.5 on Solaris 2.6 SPARC.  We don't allow rsh
connections though (shut off in /etc/inetd.conf), so that's a workaround
for some people to use.

-Adam