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Solaris setuid programs allowed to dump core files

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Solaris setuid programs allowed to dump core files

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
09/05/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
09/05/2018
Modified
09/05/2018

Description

By default, when a program causes a segmentation violation or other fatal error, Solaris will write the program's memory contents to a 'core' file on the disk for debugging purposes. These core files may contain sensitive information that could aid attackers in obtaining elevated privileges. When setuid programs are allowed to dump their core files this can leak more sensitive information than typical programs.

Solution(s)

  • solaris-check-coreadm

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