Description
The permissions for the /dev/audio device on Solaris 2.2 and earlier, and SunOS 4.1.x, allow any local user to read from the device, which could be used by an attacker to monitor conversations happening near a machine that has a microphone.
Product(s):
- Sun Solaris
- Sun Solaris 1.0.1
- Sun Solaris 1.0
- Sun Solaris 1.1.1a
- Sun Solaris 1.1.2
- Sun Solaris 1.1.3
- Sun Solaris 1.1.4
- Sun Solaris 1.1
- Sun Solaris 1.1c
- Sun Solaris 1.2
- Sun Solaris 10.0
- Sun Solaris 10.0 for SPARC
- Sun Solaris 10
- Sun Solaris 11.0
- Sun Solaris 11
- Sun Solaris 2.0
- Sun Solaris 2.1
- Sun Solaris 2.2
- Sun Solaris 2.3
- Sun Solaris 2.4
- Sun Solaris 2.5.1
- Sun Solaris 2.5
- Sun Solaris 2.6
- Sun Solaris 2.6 HW3
- Sun Solaris 2.6 x86HW3
- Sun Solaris 2.6 HW5
- Sun Solaris 2.6 x86HW5
- Sun Solaris 2.7
- Sun Solaris 2.8
- Sun Solaris 4.1.1
- Sun Solaris 4.1.2
- Sun Solaris 4.1.3
- Sun Solaris 4.1.3 U1
- Sun Solaris 5.3
- Sun Solaris 5.4
- Sun Solaris 5.5.1
- Sun Solaris 5.5
- Sun Solaris 5.6
- Sun Solaris 5.8
- Sun Solaris 5.9
- Sun Solaris 7.0
- Sun Solaris 8.0
- Sun Solaris 8.1
- Sun Solaris 8.2
- Sun Solaris 8
- Sun Solaris 9.0
- Sun Solaris 9.0 for SPARC
- Sun Solaris 9.1
- Sun Solaris 9
- Sun SunOS
- Sun SunOS (formerly Solaris)
- Sun SunOS 3.5
- Sun SunOS 4.0.1
- Sun SunOS 4.0.2
- Sun SunOS 4.0.3
- Sun SunOS 4.0.3c
- Sun SunOS 4.0
- Sun SunOS 4.1.1
- Sun SunOS 4.1.2
- Sun SunOS 4.1.3
- Sun SunOS 4.1.3c
- Sun SunOS 4.1.3u1
- Sun SunOS 4.1.4
- Sun SunOS 4.1
- Sun SunOS 4.1PSR_A
- Sun Microsystems Solaris 2.0
- Sun SunOS (Solaris 10) 5.10
- Sun SunOS (Solaris 10) 5.10 on AMD64
- Sun OS 5.10 SPARC
- Sun SunOS (Solaris 11) 5.11
- Sun SunOS 5.11 (Solaris 11) on SPARC
- Sun SunOS (formerly Solaris 11) 5.11 Express
- Sun SunOS (Solaris 10) 5.11 on AMD64
- Sun SunOS (Solaris 10) 5.11 on x86
- Sun Microsystems Solaris 2.1
- Sun Microsystems Solaris 2.2
- Sun Microsystems Solaris 2.3
- Sun Microsystems Solaris 2.4
- Sun Microsystems Solaris 2.5.1
- Sun Microsystems Solaris 2.5
- Sun Microsystems Solaris 2.6
- Sun Microsystems Solaris 7
- Sun SunOS (Solaris 8) 5.8
- Sun SunOS (Solaris 9) 5.9
Question to Ask Vendors:
- Can you confirm whether your systems are affected by CVE-1999-1137, and if so, what steps are you currently taking to mitigate this vulnerability?
- What is your estimated timeline for fully resolving CVE-1999-1137 in your products or services, and how will you communicate updates on this issue to us as your customer?
Recommended Actions:
- Check out the advisory links provided below.