The runtime linker (ld.so) in Solaris 8, 9, and 10 trusts the LD_AUDIT environment variable in setuid or setgid programs, which allows local users to gain privileges by (1) modifying LD_AUDIT to reference malicious code and possibly (2) using a long value for LD_AUDIT.

SunOS 5.10: ld Patch.
Date this patch was last updated by Sun : Dec/08/05

SunOS 5.9_x86: linker Patch.
Date this patch was last updated by Sun : May/28/10

SunOS 5.9: linker Patch.
Date this patch was last updated by Sun : May/28/10

SunOS 5.8_x86: linker patch.
Date this patch was last updated by Sun : Sep/17/07

SunOS 5.8: linker patch.
Date this patch was last updated by Sun : Sep/17/07

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
19214	Solaris 10 (sparc) : 117461-08	Nessus	Solaris Local Security Checks	high
13584	Solaris 9 (x86) : 113986-29	Nessus	Solaris Local Security Checks	high
13527	Solaris 9 (sparc) : 112963-35	Nessus	Solaris Local Security Checks	high
13423	Solaris 8 (x86) : 109148-42	Nessus	Solaris Local Security Checks	high
13313	Solaris 8 (sparc) : 109147-44	Nessus	Solaris Local Security Checks	high

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CVE-2005-2072

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Tenable Plugins

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