Patch-ID# 105053-01
Keywords: security ps intel buffer overflow intel
Synopsis: SunOS 5.5_x86: /usr/bin/ps /usr/ucb/ps
Date: Jul/11/97

Solaris Release: 2.5_x86

SunOS Release: 5.5_x86

Unbundled Product:

Unbundled Release:

Xref: This patch available for SPARC as patch 105052

Topic: SunOS 5.5_x86: /usr/bin/ps /usr/ucb/ps

BugId's fixed with this patch: 4053228 4057343

Changes incorporated in this version:

Relevant Architectures: i386

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch:

Patches which conflict with this patch:

Patches required with this patch:

Obsoleted by:

Files included with this patch:

/usr/bin/ps
/usr/ucb/ps

Problem Description:

4053228 buffer overflow in ps can lead to root access - exploit is public
4057343 /usr/ucb/ps -t option does not work on intel platform

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