-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =============================================================================== >> CERT-NL, 01-Mar-2000 << >> All CERT-NL information has been moved to http://cert.surfnet.nl. Links << >> to CERT-NL information contained in this advisory are therefore outdated. << >> << >> CERT-NL also has stopped the CERT-CC-Mirror service. Due to this the << >> links to the CERT-CC mirror are obsolete. Visit the CERT-CC site for the << >> complete CERT-CC advisory texts: http://www.cert.org << =============================================================================== =============================================================================== Security Advisory CERT-NL =============================================================================== Author/Source : Nico de Koo Index : S-98-22 Distribution : World Page : 1 Classification: External Version: 1 Subject : SUN: mountd Date : 06-May-98 =============================================================================== By courtesy of SUN Microsystems, Inc. we received information on a vulnerability in th at program in various versions of SunOS CERT-NL recommends application of the provided patches. ============================================================================== ____________________________________________ Sun Microsystems, Inc. Security Bulletin Bulletin Number: #00168 Date: April 29, 1998 Cross-Ref: Title: mountd ________________________________________________________________________________ The information contained in this Security Bulletin is provided "AS IS." Sun makes no warranties of any kind whatsoever with respect to the information contained in this Security Bulletin. ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED CONDITIONS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF NON-INFRINGEMENT OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED AND EXCLUDED TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE LAW. IN NO EVENT WILL SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOST REVENUE, PROFIT OR DATA, OR FOR DIRECT, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES HOWEVER CAUSED AND REGARDLESS OF ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS SECURITY BULLETIN, EVEN IF SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. If any of the above provisions are held to be in violation of applicable law, void, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, then such provisions are waived to the extent necessary for this disclaimer to be otherwise enforceable in such jurisdiction. ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Bulletins Topics Sun announces the release of patches for Solaris(tm) 2.6, 2.5.1, 2.5, 2.4, and 2.3 (SunOS(tm) 5.6, 5.5.1, 5.5, 5.4, 5.3), which relate to a vulnerability in rpc.mountd. Sun recommends that you install the patches listed in section 4 immediately on systems running SunOS 5.6, 5.5.1, 5.5, 5.4, and 5.3. 2. Who is Affected Vulnerable: SunOS 5.6, 5.6_x86, 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. 3. Understanding the Vulnerability mountd is an RPC server that handles NFS file system mount requests. A vulnerability has been discovered with mountd which, if exploited, allows the attacker to obtain information about any file that exists on the NFS server even though the file in question is not a part of the NFS exported file system. 4. List of Patches The following patches are available in relation to the above problem. SunOS Patch ID _____ _________ SunOS 5.6 105615-03 SunOS 5.6_x86 105616-03 SunOS 5.5.1 104220-03 SunOS 5.5.1_x86 104221-03 SunOS 5.5 104223-02 SunOS 5.5_x86 104224-02 SunOS 5.4 102685-02 SunOS 5.4_x86 102686-02 SunOS 5.3 102654-02 _______________________________________________________________________________ APPENDICES A. Patches listed in this bulletin are available to all Sun customers via World Wide Web at: B. Checksums for the patches listed in this bulletin are available via World Wide Web at: C. 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