---------------------------------------------------------------------- Want a new IT Security job? Vacant positions at Secunia: http://secunia.com/secunia_vacancies/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: SGI IRIX gr_osview Privilege Escalation and Information Disclosure SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA14875 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/14875/ CRITICAL: Less critical IMPACT: Exposure of sensitive information, Privilege escalation WHERE: Local system OPERATING SYSTEM: SGI IRIX 6.5.x http://secunia.com/product/132/ DESCRIPTION: Two vulnerabilities have been reported in SGI IRIX, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions on a vulnerable system with escalated privileges and disclose some sensitive information. 1) An error in gr_osview, where permissions are not correctly verified, can be exploited to write system usage information to arbitrary files via the "-s" option. 2) An error in gr_osview, where permissions are not correctly verified when opening description files specified by the user, can be exploited to disclose the first line of arbitrary files via the "-d" and "-D" options. The vulnerabilities have been reported in IRIX version 6.5.21m, 6.5.21f, and 6.5.22 through 6.5.27. SOLUTION: Apply patches. IRIX 6.5.23: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/patches/6.5.23/patch5869.tar IRIX 6.5.24: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/patches/6.5.24/patch5869.tar IRIX 6.5.25: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/patches/6.5.25/patch5869.tar IRIX 6.5.26: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/patches/6.5.26/patch5869.tar IRIX 6.5.27: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/patches/6.5.27/patch5869.tar PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Discovered by anonymous person and reported via iDEFENSE. ORIGINAL ADVISORY: SGI: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20050402-01-P.asc iDEFENSE: http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=225&type=vulnerabilities http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=226&type=vulnerabilities ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------