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   Sun Microsystems, Inc. Security Bulletin



Bulletin Number:
#00188
Date:


August 25, 1999
Cross-Ref:

CERT CA-99-08
Title:


rpc.cmsd
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1.  Bulletin Topics

    Sun announces the release of patches for Solaris(tm) 7, 2.6, 2.5.1,
    2.5, 2.4, 2.3 (SunOS(tm) 5.7, 5.6, 5.5.1, 5.5, 5.4, 5.3), SunOS 4.1.4,
    and 4.1.3_U1, which relate to a vulnerability involving rpc.cmsd.

    Sun recommends that you:

      Install the OpenWindows patches listed in section 4 immediately on
      systems running SunOS 5.5.1, 5.5, 5.4, 5.3, 4.1.4, and 4.1.3_U1.

      Install the Common Desktop Environment (CDE) patches listed in
      section 4 immediately on systems running SunOS 5.7 and 5.6.

      Install the CDE patches listed in section 4 immediately on systems
      running SunOS 5.5.1, 5.5, and 5.4 with CDE 1.0.2 or 1.0.1 installed.

2.  Who is Affected


    Vulnerable:     SunOS 5.7, 5.7_x86, 5.6, 5.6_x86, 5.5.1, 5.5.1_x86,
                          5.5, 5.5_x86, 5.4, 5.4_x86, 5.3,
                          4.1.4, and 4.1.3_U1.

    Not vulnerable: All other supported versions of SunOS.

3.  Understanding the Vulnerability

    The rpc.cmsd is a small database manager for appointment and
    resource-scheduling data. Its primary client is Calendar Manager
    in OpenWindows, and Calendar in CDE. A buffer overflow vulnerability
    has been discovered which may be exploited to execute arbitrary
    instructions and gain root access.

4.  List of Patches

    The following patches are available in relation to the above problem.

    OpenWindows:


    SunOS version
Patch ID

    _____________
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    SunOS 5.5.1

104976-04


    SunOS 5.5.1_x86
105124-03

    SunOS 5.5

103251-09

    SunOS 5.5_x86
103273-07

    SunOS 5.4

102030-10

    SunOS 5.4_x86
102031-08

    SunOS 5.3

101513-14
    SunOS 4.1.4

100523-25
    SunOS 4.1.3_U1
100523-25

    CDE:

    SunOS versions


CDE version
Patch ID
    ______________


___________
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    5.7




1.3

107022-04
    5.7_x86



1.3_x86

107023-04
    5.6




1.2

105566-07
    5.6_x86



1.2_x86

105567-08
    5.5.1, 5.5, 5.4


1.0.2

103670-07

    5.5.1_x86, 5.5_x86, 5.4_x86

1.0.2_x86
103717-08

    5.5, 5.4



1.0.1

103671-07

    5.5_x86, 5.4_x86


1.0.1_x86
103718-08


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APPENDICES

A.  Patches listed in this bulletin are available to all Sun customers at:


http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/show.pl?target=patches/patch-license&nav=pub-pa
tches

B.  Checksums for the patches listed in this bulletin are available at:

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