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<tr bgcolor="#cccce7"><td><font size="2"><b>57581</b></font></td>
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<td><font size="2"><b>Systems With Enterprise Storage Manager 2.1 Installed May Allow an Unprivileged Local User to Gain Root Acess</b></font></td>
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<td><font size="2"><b>21 Jun 2004</b></font></td>
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<font size="2"><h2>
        Sun(sm) Alert Notification
      </h2><ul>
        <li>
          Sun Alert ID: 57581
        </li>
        <li>
Synopsis: Systems With Sun StorEdge Enterprise Storage Manager 2.1
Installed May Allow an Unprivileged Local User to Gain Root Access     </li>
        <li>
          Category: Security
        </li>
        <li>
          Product: Sun StorEdge Enterprise Storage Manager (ESM)
        </li>
        <li>
          BugIDs: 5033990
        </li>
        <li>
          Avoidance: Workaround, Patch
        </li>
        <li>
          State: Resolved
        </li>
        <li>
          Date Released: 18-Jun-2004
        </li>
        <li>
          Date Closed: 18-Jun-2004
        </li>
        <li>
          Date Modified:
        </li>
      </ul><h2>
        1. Impact
      </h2><p>
A local unprivileged user may be able to gain unauthorized root access
on systems with Sun StorEdge Enterprise Storage Manager (ESM) 2.1
installed. </p><h2>
        2. Contributing Factors
      </h2><p>
        This issue can occur in the following releases:
      </p><p>
        <b>SPARC Platform</b>
      </p><ul>
        <li>
          Sun StorEdge Enterprise Storage Manager (ESM) 2.1 (for Solaris 8 and Solaris 9) without patch <a href="http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=117367&rev=01">117367-01</a>
        </li>
      </ul><p>
This issue only occurs when a non-root user has been assigned the
"ESMUser" role on the management station. (See the "Relief/Workaround"
section below for information on how to determine if a user has been
assigned the "ESMUser" role.) </p><p>
        <b>Note 1:</b> ESM versions 1.2 and 2.0 are not affected by this issue.
      </p><p>
        <b>Note 2:</b> ESM is not supported on the x86 platform.
      </p><h2>
        3. Symptoms
      </h2><p>
There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate the described
issue has been exploited to gain unauthorized root access to the
system. </p></font><table width="100%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tbody><tr bgcolor="#999999">
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<font size="2"><h2>
        4. Relief/Workaround
      </h2><p>
        Until patches can be applied, sites may want to remove the "ESMUser" role from all non-root users.
      </p><p>
        To determine if a user has been assigned the "ESMUser" role, use the following command:
      </p><pre>    # <b>roles `logins -o | cut -f1 -d:` | grep ESMUser</b>                  </pre><p>
        This command will list the output in the form of:
      </p><pre>    <username> : <role list>                              </pre><p>
        For example:
      </p><pre>    # <b>roles `logins -o | cut -f1 -d:` | grep ESMUser</b>
    root : ESMUser
    ESMUser : No roles
    demo : ESMUser
    perf : ESMUser                              </pre><p>
If "ESMUser" does not appear in the role list for any non-root username,
then no further action is needed. However, if "ESMUser" does appear on
the role list for a non-root username, remove it by running the
following command: </p><pre>    # <b>/opt/SUNWstm/bin/esm_user -r <username></b>                              </pre><p>
        Given the example above, the corresponding commands to run would be:
      </p><pre>    # <b>/opt/SUNWstm/bin/esm_user -r demo</b>
    Removing ESMUser role from local user: demo ...
    Restarting name service cache daemon and smcwebserver...
    Restarting smcwebserver...
    Shutting down Sun(TM) Web Console Version 2.0.2...
    Starting Sun(TM) Web Console Version 2.0.2...
    See /var/log/webconsole/console_debug_log for server logging information

    # <b>/opt/SUNWstm/bin/esm_user -r perf</b>
    Removing ESMUser role from local user: perf ...
    Restarting name service cache daemon and smcwebserver...
    Restarting smcwebserver...
    Shutting down Sun(TM) Web Console Version 2.0.2...
    Starting Sun(TM) Web Console Version 2.0.2...
    See /var/log/webconsole/console_debug_log for server logging information                              </pre><p>
        <b>Note:</b>
There is no need to run the "esm_user -r" command against the "ESMUser"
username; only run it against other non-root usernames with "ESMUser"
in their role list. </p><h2>
        5. Resolution
      </h2><p>
        This issue is addressed in the following releases:
      </p><p>
        <b>SPARC Platform</b>
      </p><ul>
        <li>
          Sun StorEdge Enterprise Storage Manager 2.1 (for Solaris 8 and Solaris 9) with patch <a href="http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=117367&rev=01">117367-01</a> or later
        </li>
      </ul><p>
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