National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-3357

Overview

Untrusted search path vulnerability in ingvalidpw in Ingres 2.6, Ingres 2006 release 1 (aka 9.0.4), and Ingres 2006 release 2 (aka 9.1.0) on Linux and HP-UX allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted shared library, related to a "pointer overwrite vulnerability."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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Solution

Fixes are available for the current release of Ingres 2006 release 2 (9.1.0), for Ingres 2006 release 1 (9.0.4), and for Ingres 2.6 versions on their respective platforms. The security fixes are available and can be quickly applied with little to no anticipated impact to systems. Ingres customers with a current support contract can review the following knowledge base document for information on downloading the available fixes: http://servicedesk.ingres.com/CAisd/pdmweb.ingres?OP=SHOW_DETAIL+PERSID=KD:416012+HTMPL=kt_document_view.htmpl (ingres.com) }

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=181989

Hyperlink:https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=181989

External Source: XF

Name: ingres-ingvalidpw-code-execution(44181)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/44181

External Source: BID

Name: 30512

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30512

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20080806 CA Products That Embed Ingres Multiple Vulnerabilities

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/495177/100/0/threaded

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.ingres.com/support/security-alert-080108.php

Hyperlink:http://www.ingres.com/support/security-alert-080108.php

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-2313

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/2313

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-2292

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/2292

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1020614

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1020614

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31398

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31398

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31357

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31357

External Source: IDEFENSE

Name: 20080801 Ingres Database for Linux ingvalidpw Untrusted Library Path Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=733