-----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 to CERT-NL information contained in this advisory are therefore outdated.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-98-61 Distribution : World Page : 1 Classification: External Version: 1 Subject : SGI:IRIX Mail(1)/mailx(1) Security Issues Date : 30-Sep-98 =============================================================================== By courtesy of Silicon Graphics Inc. we received information on a vulnerability in the 'Mail(1)/mailx(1)' program in various versions of IRIX CERT-NL recommends to follow the suggestions in this Advisory. ============================================================================== - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ______________________________________________________________________________ Silicon Graphics Inc. Security Advisory Title: IRIX Mail(1)/mailx(1) Security Issues Number: 19980605-01-PX Date: September 29, 1998 ______________________________________________________________________________ Silicon Graphics provides this information freely to the SGI user community for its consideration, interpretation, implementation and use. Silicon Graphics recommends that this information be acted upon as soon as possible. Silicon Graphics provides the information in this Security Advisory on an "AS-IS" basis only, and disclaims all warranties with respect thereto, express, implied or otherwise, including, without limitation, any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall Silicon Graphics be liable for any loss of profits, loss of business, loss of data or for any indirect, special, exemplary, incidental or consequential damages of any kind arising from your use of, failure to use or improper use of any of the instructions or information in this Security Advisory. ______________________________________________________________________________ - - ------------------------- - - ----- Issue Specifics --- - - ------------------------- The Mail(1), also know as mail_bsd, and mailx(1) programs are used to send and receive mail. A buffer overrun was discovered in mailx(1) program that will allow an intruder to manipulate any file that is owned by the mail group. A security vulnerability was discovered in the Mail(1) program which can lead to a root compromise. Silicon Graphics Inc. has investigated the issue and recommends the following steps for neutralizing the exposure. It is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that these measures be implemented on ALL vulnerable SGI systems. This issue will be corrected in future releases of IRIX. - - ---------------- - - ----- Impact --- - - ---------------- The Mail(1)/mailx(1) program are installed by default on IRIX. A user account on the vulnerable system is required in order to exploit Mail(1)/mailx(1) locally and remotely. The mailx(1) exploit can lead to mail group privileges. The Mail(1) exploit can lead to root compromise of the system. These vulnerabilities have been publicly discussed in Usenet newsgroups and mailing lists. - - ---------------------------- - - ----- Temporary Solution --- - - ---------------------------- Although patches are available for this issue, it is realized that there may be situations where installing the patches immediately may not be possible. The steps below can be used to remove the vulnerability by removing the permissions of the Mail(1)/mailx(1) program. 1) Become the root user on the system. % /bin/su - Password: # 2) Remove the permissions on the vulnerable programs. # /bin/chmod 555 /usr/sbin/mailx # /bin/chmod 500 /usr/sbin/Mail ************ *** NOTE *** ************ Removing group and other permissions from /usr/sbin/Mail will prevent non-root users from accessing the Mail(1) program. 4) Verify the new permissions on the program. Note that the program size may be different depending on release. # ls -al /usr/sbin/mailx /usr/sbin/Mail -r-xr-xr-x 1 root mail 171204 May 22 16:29 /usr/sbin/mailx -r-x------ 1 root mail 165864 Feb 12 1996 /usr/sbin/Mail 5) Return to previous user level. # exit % - - ------------------ - - ----- Solution --- - - ------------------ OS Version Vulnerable? Patch # Other Actions ---------- ----------- ------- ------------- IRIX 3.x yes not avail Note 1, 2 & 3 IRIX 4.x yes not avail Note 1, 2 & 3 IRIX 5.0.x yes not avail Note 1, 2 & 3 IRIX 5.1.x yes not avail Note 1, 2 & 3 IRIX 5.2 yes not avail Note 1, 2 & 3 IRIX 5.3 yes 3347 IRIX 6.0.x yes not avail Note 1, 2 & 3 IRIX 6.1 yes not avail Note 1, 2 & 3 IRIX 6.2 yes 3348 IRIX 6.3 yes 3394 IRIX 6.4 yes 3394 IRIX 6.5 yes not avail Note 4 IRIX 6.5.1m yes 3393 Note 5 NOTES 1) Upgrade to currently supported IRIX operating system. 2) See "Temporary Solution" section for a workaround. 3) Unsupported by SGI, "freeware" sendmail distributions can be found at http://www.sendmail.org/ 4) For IRIX 6.5, you must first install IRIX 6.5.1 Maintenance Release and then install patch 3393. If you have not received an IRIX 6.5.1m CD for IRIX 6.5, contact your SGI Support Provider or download the Maintenance Release from http://support.sgi.com/ 5) Patchsets have been replaced with quarterly Maintenance Releases Streams starting with IRIX 6.5. Information about Maintenance Release Streams can be found in the IRIX 6.5 Technical Brief at: http://www.sgi.com/software/irix6.5/ Patches are available via anonymous FTP and your service/support provider. The SGI anonymous FTP site is sgigate.sgi.com (204.94.209.1) or its mirror, ftp.sgi.com. Security information and patches can be found in the ~ftp/security and ~ftp/patches directories, respectively. ##### Patch File Checksums #### The actual patch will be a tar file containing the following files: Filename: README.patch.3347 Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 61881 11 README.patch.3347 Algorithm #2 (sum): 20212 11 README.patch.3347 MD5 checksum: EC4353F140F0926BA1EAC5E8F6A47827 Filename: patchSG0003347 Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 61339 4 patchSG0003347 Algorithm #2 (sum): 55594 4 patchSG0003347 MD5 checksum: FD956A1D65BD01717D95AF59CFDE9F72 Filename: patchSG0003347.eoe1_man Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 11384 69 patchSG0003347.eoe1_man Algorithm #2 (sum): 23294 69 patchSG0003347.eoe1_man MD5 checksum: E3201B231A10E89FF1376D1BA9DFBB65 Filename: patchSG0003347.eoe1_sw Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 27750 850 patchSG0003347.eoe1_sw Algorithm #2 (sum): 3662 850 patchSG0003347.eoe1_sw MD5 checksum: DDE33397D29F3CC17593FB68C98093F0 Filename: patchSG0003347.idb Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 54110 7 patchSG0003347.idb Algorithm #2 (sum): 20457 7 patchSG0003347.idb MD5 checksum: 7F63FB32C0D3392909556D833ACF00A2 Filename: README.patch.3348 Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 02655 10 README.patch.3348 Algorithm #2 (sum): 52305 10 README.patch.3348 MD5 checksum: 6579FF9DBF69D8449FA41E62FA002D14 Filename: patchSG0003348 Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 25807 4 patchSG0003348 Algorithm #2 (sum): 47261 4 patchSG0003348 MD5 checksum: 12EED5A4099C1E63AFBE1C439339C71F Filename: patchSG0003348.eoe_man Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 01364 69 patchSG0003348.eoe_man Algorithm #2 (sum): 23234 69 patchSG0003348.eoe_man MD5 checksum: AA90D2858E7D2BBD02A2FDE25685B1A2 Filename: patchSG0003348.eoe_sw Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 42080 910 patchSG0003348.eoe_sw Algorithm #2 (sum): 36251 910 patchSG0003348.eoe_sw MD5 checksum: DA8B126611F0D4C0B28E676919BB3D66 Filename: patchSG0003348.idb Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 43633 7 patchSG0003348.idb Algorithm #2 (sum): 20449 7 patchSG0003348.idb MD5 checksum: 8F447F20F2828C12EC6CBF7E53686EF7 Filename: README.patch.3393 Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 16419 8 README.patch.3393 Algorithm #2 (sum): 46041 8 README.patch.3393 MD5 checksum: CF5A08C1EACC7B8242E7BC05C914C6EC Filename: patchSG0003393 Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 29657 3 patchSG0003393 Algorithm #2 (sum): 15111 3 patchSG0003393 MD5 checksum: 4B3CAFD8ED102F154DECCCAADF4760E0 Filename: patchSG0003393.eoe_man Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 26033 69 patchSG0003393.eoe_man Algorithm #2 (sum): 23233 69 patchSG0003393.eoe_man MD5 checksum: F03552977EA408EACB85B0772F3D3EC2 Filename: patchSG0003393.eoe_sw Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 11507 1160 patchSG0003393.eoe_sw Algorithm #2 (sum): 54353 1160 patchSG0003393.eoe_sw MD5 checksum: 523494C66C94EA50E6C3D60E56B04E75 Filename: patchSG0003393.idb Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 01437 8 patchSG0003393.idb Algorithm #2 (sum): 38192 8 patchSG0003393.idb MD5 checksum: 2EA142047CCD22B7E536A6720B9136A2 Filename: README.patch.3394 Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 22031 10 README.patch.3394 Algorithm #2 (sum): 40712 10 README.patch.3394 MD5 checksum: 89B34B7222723BFCA4220C18C2CA40E0 Filename: patchSG0003394 Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 61693 3 patchSG0003394 Algorithm #2 (sum): 32311 3 patchSG0003394 MD5 checksum: 23748EB8970E3CD8295C54E9AA8961BA Filename: patchSG0003394.eoe_man Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 26033 69 patchSG0003394.eoe_man Algorithm #2 (sum): 23233 69 patchSG0003394.eoe_man MD5 checksum: F03552977EA408EACB85B0772F3D3EC2 Filename: patchSG0003394.eoe_sw Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 55501 1153 patchSG0003394.eoe_sw Algorithm #2 (sum): 4669 1153 patchSG0003394.eoe_sw MD5 checksum: 5698C5642874FED5E95D9B5989BBF0D1 Filename: patchSG0003394.idb Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 10153 8 patchSG0003394.idb Algorithm #2 (sum): 36831 8 patchSG0003394.idb MD5 checksum: B85E01E783292D03AEF7778F14B61E18 - - -------------------------- - - ----- Acknowledgments --- - - -------------------------- Silicon Graphics wishes to thank the University of Alaska Fairbanks Arctic Region Supercomputing Center and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center for their assistance in this matter. - - ------------------------------------------------------------- - - ----- Silicon Graphics Inc. 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