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                               A D V I S O R Y

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Topic: SunOS rpcbind Vulnerability
Source: CIAC

Creation Date: June 6, 1997 23:00 GMT
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                             INFORMATION BULLETIN

                          SunOS rpcbind Vulnerability

June 6, 1997 23:00 GMT                                       Number H-70
________________________________________________________________________
PROBLEM:       A vulnerability has been identified in the rpcbind function
                   in the libc library. 
PLATFORM:      SunOS versions 5.5.1, 5.5.1_x86, 5.5, 5.5_x86, 5.4, 5.4_x86, 
               and 5.3. 
DAMAGE:        This vulnerability may allow an attacker to gain 
               unauthorized 
               access if exploited. 
SOLUTION:      Apply vendor patches specified below. 
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VULNERABILITY  It is highly recommended that patches be installed 
ASSESSMENT:    immediately. 
                                                                  
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                   Sun Microsystems, Inc. Security Bulletin
                
Bulletin Number:        #00142
Date:                   June 4 1997
Cross-Ref:              
Title:                  Vulnerability in rpcbind

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1.  Bulletins Topics

    Sun announces the release of patches for Solaris 2.5.1, 2.5, 2.4, and 2.3
    (SunOS 5.5.1, 5.5, 5.4, and 5.3), that relate to a vulnerability in the
    rpcbind program, which can aid an attacker to gain unauthorized access if
    exploited.
    
    Sun strongly recommends that you install the patches listed in section 4 
    immediately on every affected system.
    
2.  Who is Affected
        
       Vulnerable:      SunOS versions 5.5.1, 5.5.1_x86, 5.5, 5.5_x86, 
                                       5.4, 5.4_x86, and 5.3.
      
       Not vulnerable:  All other supported versions of SunOS
                 
       This vulnerability is fixed in the upcoming release of Solaris.
     
3.  Understanding the Vulnerability

    The rpcbind program is a server that converts RPC program numbers into
    universal addresses. When an RPC service is started, it tells rpcbind the 
    address at which it is listening, and the RPC program numbers it is 
    prepared to serve. When a client wishes to make an RPC call to a given 
    program number, it first contacts rpcbind on the server machine to 
    determine the address where RPC requests should be sent.
    
    Under Solaris 2.x, rpcbind listens not only on TCP port 111 and UDP port
    111, but also on a UDP port number greater than 32770. The exact number 
    depends on the OS release and architecture. This results in a large number 
    of packet filters which intend to block access to rpcbind/portmapper being 
    ineffective. Instead of sending requests to TCP or UDP port 111, the 
    attacker simply sends them to the other UDP port. This vulnerability 
allows 
    an attacker to obtain remote RPC program information even if TCP or UDP 
    port 111 is being filtered. It can also aid an attacker to gain 
    unauthorized access to hosts running vulnerable versions of the software.
        
4.  List of Patches

    The vulnerability relating to rpcbind is fixed by the following patches:

        OS version              Patch ID
        ----------              --------
        SunOS 5.5.1             104331-02
        SunOS 5.5.1_x86         104332-02
        SunOS 5.5               104357-02
        SunOS 5.5_x86           104358-02
        SunOS 5.4               102070-03       
        SunOS 5.4_x86           102071-03       
        SunOS 5.3               102034-02       

5.  Checksum Table

    The checksum table below shows the BSD checksums (SunOS 5.x: 
/usr/ucb/sum),
    SVR4 checksums (SunOS 5.x: /usr/bin/sum), and the MD5 digital signatures 
    for the above-mentioned patches that are available from:
     
        ftp://sunsolve1.sun.com/pub/patches/patches.html
        
    These checksums may not apply if you obtain patches from your answer
    centers. 

File Name         BSD         SVR4         MD5
- ---------------   ---------   ---------    --------------------------------
104331-02.tar.Z   64512 111   17253 222    29C2D5649C56A3D64E1F1DFCE3783842
104332-02.tar.Z   56808 111   23404 221    4B5D28F4A686166C4C147BE4E9563B8C
104357-02.tar.Z   27488 111   31772 222    316B03F737FC61DC09877C2BB822E7EE
104358-02.tar.Z   22598 110   46888 220    1665E8724D0A3DB401A00BE812630A37
102070-03.tar.Z   32763 100   14089 200    31FB11BC9D89A6D540F87624D4A2CFAE
102071-03.tar.Z   21217 100   18859 199    76DDAF2CAE25535A9AE932F3B0C98E3A
102034-02.tar.Z   23648 100   49973 199    243CD25673D87D0277F5CFE06E327347

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Sun acknowledges with thanks Secure Networks, Inc. for their assistance in the 
preparation of this bulletin.
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APPENDICES

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