full-disclosure - iDEFENSE Security Advisory 09.16.03: Remote Root Exploitation of Default Solaris sadmind Setting

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From: avalon at caligula.anu.edu.au (Darren Reed)
Subject: iDEFENSE Security Advisory 09.16.03: Remote Root Exploitation of Default Solaris sadmind Setting

In some mail from titus@...h.com, sie said:
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> It's news worthy.  This vulnerability has been privately exploited for
> at least 7 years.  Most Solaris machines that have sadmin open are
> exploitable.
> It's a shame to see an excellent vulnerability such as this finally
> be made public.

What's news here?  I mean setting "-S 2" for sadmind (if sadmind is
required) has been on the "tighten up" list (for me at least) for just
as long.

Darren