-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
__________________________________________________________
The U.S. Department of Energy
Computer Incident Advisory Capability
___ __ __ _ ___
/ | /_\ /
\___ __|__ / \ \___
__________________________________________________________
INFORMATION BULLETIN
SGI IRIX On-Line Customer Registration Vulnerabilities
October 5, 1998 17:00 GMT Number J-003
______________________________________________________________________________
PROBLEM: Several vulnerabilities were discovered in On-Line Customer
Registration software subsystem.
PLATFORM: IRIX 6.2 through IRIX 6.5 systems. The software is installed by
default.
DAMAGE: If exploited, these vulnerabilities can lead to a root
compromise on a local machine.
SOLUTION: Apply patches or workarounds.
______________________________________________________________________________
VULNERABILITY Risk is high. These vulnerabilities have been publicly discussed
ASSESSMENT: in Usenet newsgroups and mailing lists.
______________________________________________________________________________
[ Start Silicon Graphics Inc. Advisory ]
- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
______________________________________________________________________________
Silicon Graphics Inc. Security Advisory
Title: IRIX On-Line Customer Registration Vulnerabilities
Number: 19980901-01-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 IRIX On-Line Customer Registration software is used to establish an
information link with Silicon Graphics and submit your End User Registration
form electronically.
Unfortunately, several vulnerabilities were discovered in On-Line Customer
Registration software subsystem which can lead to a root compromise on a
local machine.
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 has been corrected in future releases of IRIX.
- ----------------
- ----- Impact ---
- ----------------
The On-Line Customer Registration software is installed by default on
IRIX 6.2 through IRIX 6.5 systems. IRIX 6.5 and newer systems are not
vulnerable to this issue.
On IRIX 6.2, the On-Line Customer Registration software is part of the
whatsnew software subsystem which is installed by default.
On IRIX 6.3 through 6.4, the On-Line Customer Registration software is
part of the Register(1) software subsystem which is installed by default.
A local user account is needed in order to exploit these vulnerabilities.
The vulnerability can lead to a root compromise.
Even if the On-Line Customer Registration software has never been used or
configured, the software is installed by default and the following
information is applicable.
These vulnerabilities have been publicly discussed in Usenet newsgroups
and mailing lists.
- ----------------------------
- ----- Temporary Solution ---
- ----------------------------
Although upgrades are available for this issue, it is realized that
there may be situations where installing the upgrade immediately may
not be possible.
The steps below can be used to remove the root compromise vulnerability
by removing On-Line Customer Registration software subsystem.
1) Verify you have On-Line Customer Registration software installed.
% versions -b whatsnew {IRIX 6.2}
% versions -b Register {IRIX 6.3-6.4}
I whatsnew 11/17/97 What's New, 6.2
I Register 04/30/97 Customer Registration, 1.3
2) Become the root user on the system.
% /bin/su -
Password:
#
3) Remove the vulnerable On-Line Customer Registration software subsystem
# versions remove whatsnew.registration {IRIX 6.2}
# versions remove Register {IRIX 6.3-6.4}
************
*** NOTE ***
************
Removing the On-Line Customer Registration software subsystem
removes the ability to electronically register.
4) Return to previous user level.
# exit
%
- ------------------
- ----- Solution ---
- ------------------
For those customers that do not use the On-Line Customer Registration
software, the software should be removed using the steps outlined in
the "Temporary Solution" section above.
For those customers that use the On-Line Customer Registration software,
the only complete solution is to upgrade the software.
OS Version Vulnerable? Patch # Other Actions
---------- ----------- --------- -------------
IRIX 3.x no
IRIX 4.x no
IRIX 5.0.x no
IRIX 5.1.x no
IRIX 5.2 no
IRIX 5.3 no
IRIX 6.0.x no
IRIX 6.1 no
IRIX 6.2 yes Register 1.5
IRIX 6.3 yes Register 1.5.1
IRIX 6.4 yes Register 1.5.2
IRIX 6.5 no
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, respectfully.
##### Patch File Checksums ####
The actual patch will be a tar file containing the following files:
- - From 6.2_register_1.5.tar:
Filename: Register
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 50177 2 Register
Algorithm #2 (sum): 11693 2 Register
MD5 checksum: CEDD27ED4C5ACC26AEAD3E2716923576
Filename: Register.idb
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 51520 124 Register.idb
Algorithm #2 (sum): 63469 124 Register.idb
MD5 checksum: D76128C70632340654DB6C9FD1C16F34
Filename: Register.man
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 01410 15 Register.man
Algorithm #2 (sum): 29937 15 Register.man
MD5 checksum: 72A901F2613D1EC3C50DB697D89C1CE5
Filename: Register.sw
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 04384 6021 Register.sw
Algorithm #2 (sum): 36806 6021 Register.sw
MD5 checksum: 80D25EAAF2E7E16903BB713B8F0857BA
- - From 6.3_register_1.5.1.tar:
Filename: Register
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 55121 3 Register
Algorithm #2 (sum): 19777 3 Register
MD5 checksum: D89BC7F07633FC928F6B396551507CF6
Filename: Register.idb
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 29526 123 Register.idb
Algorithm #2 (sum): 64049 123 Register.idb
MD5 checksum: 5C6471E939D6010262268B817FA0097E
Filename: Register.man
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 46688 15 Register.man
Algorithm #2 (sum): 29936 15 Register.man
MD5 checksum: D1E157B9ED6222EB075E003BBB66978F
Filename: Register.sw
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 19330 6021 Register.sw
Algorithm #2 (sum): 35658 6021 Register.sw
MD5 checksum: 7912F1F0857446EBC28849FCA34ABC04
- - From 6.4_register_1.5.2.tar
Filename: Register
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 36984 3 Register
Algorithm #2 (sum): 16009 3 Register
MD5 checksum: CC025CAFDD0DF7D8EACEA723F975351D
Filename: Register.idb
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 61690 123 Register.idb
Algorithm #2 (sum): 63998 123 Register.idb
MD5 checksum: C86C2A39291E72636F4FABBDF2B62879
Filename: Register.man
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 46688 15 Register.man
Algorithm #2 (sum): 29936 15 Register.man
MD5 checksum: D1E157B9ED6222EB075E003BBB66978F
Filename: Register.sw
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 03276 6064 Register.sw
Algorithm #2 (sum): 50710 6064 Register.sw
MD5 checksum: 7E7D6B081A8C277193D41BB1A486AE27
- --------------------------
- ----- Acknowledgments ---
- --------------------------
Silicon Graphics wishes to thank the Internet community at large for their
assistance in this matter.
- -------------------------------------------------------------
- ----- Silicon Graphics Inc. Security Information/Contacts ---
- -------------------------------------------------------------
If there are questions about this document, email can be sent to
cse-security-alert@sgi.com.
------oOo------
Silicon Graphics provides security information and patches for
use by the entire SGI community. This information is freely
available to any person needing the information and is available
via anonymous FTP and the Web.
The primary SGI anonymous FTP site for security information and patches
is sgigate.sgi.com (204.94.209.1). Security information and patches
are located under the directories ~ftp/security and ~ftp/patches,
respectively. The Silicon Graphics Security Headquarters Web page is
accessible at the URL http://www.sgi.com/Support/security/security.html.
For issues with the patches on the FTP sites, email can be sent to
cse-security-alert@sgi.com.
For assistance obtaining or working with security patches, please
contact your SGI support provider.
------oOo------
Silicon Graphics provides a free security mailing list service
called wiretap and encourages interested parties to self-subscribe
to receive (via email) all SGI Security Advisories when they are
released. Subscribing to the mailing list can be done via the Web
(http://www.sgi.com/Support/security/wiretap.html) or by sending email
to SGI as outlined below.
% mail wiretap-request@sgi.com
subscribe wiretap <YourEmailAddress>
end
^d
In the example above, <YourEmailAddress> is the email address that you
wish the mailing list information sent to. The word end must be on a
separate line to indicate the end of the body of the message. The
control-d (^d) is used to indicate to the mail program that you are
finished composing the mail message.
------oOo------
Silicon Graphics provides a comprehensive customer World Wide Web site.
This site is located at http://www.sgi.com/Support/security/security.html.
------oOo------
For reporting *NEW* SGI security issues, email can be sent to
security-alert@sgi.com or contact your SGI support provider. A
support contract is not required for submitting a security report.
______________________________________________________________________________
This information is provided freely to all interested parties and may
be redistributed provided that it is not altered in any way, Silicon
Graphics is appropriately credited and the document retains and
includes its valid PGP signature.
- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: 2.6.2
iQCVAwUBNhFDWbQ4cFApAP75AQGJZQP+IdmHo2WXasKzv3I4TBeSStPyCiesZpSr
HNorqDazW6rScZPfwbBcWbIJS/QCXCAIkGPAyxT+4U6kKWpyTNSJc00uqyCJeA4T
YS3wKy8nN9E6py42uEfwAk9VZq7eunct+XWDUHgO542G3vQ2yLIOkBEQ+EndlY52
gONK0N+Z3kc=
=Fvnq
- -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
[ End Silicon Graphics Inc. Advisory ]
______________________________________________________________________________
CIAC wishes to acknowledge the contributions of Silicon Graphics Inc. for the
information contained in this bulletin.
______________________________________________________________________________
CIAC, the Computer Incident Advisory Capability, is the computer
security incident response team for the U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE) and the emergency backup response team for the National
Institutes of Health (NIH). CIAC is located at the Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory in Livermore, California. CIAC is also a founding
member of FIRST, the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams, a
global organization established to foster cooperation and coordination
among computer security teams worldwide.
CIAC services are available to DOE, DOE contractors, and the NIH. CIAC
can be contacted at:
Voice: +1 925-422-8193
FAX: +1 925-423-8002
STU-III: +1 925-423-2604
E-mail: ciac@llnl.gov
For emergencies and off-hour assistance, DOE, DOE contractor sites,
and the NIH may contact CIAC 24-hours a day. During off hours (5PM -
8AM PST), call the CIAC voice number 925-422-8193 and leave a message,
or call 800-759-7243 (800-SKY-PAGE) to send a Sky Page. CIAC has two
Sky Page PIN numbers, the primary PIN number, 8550070, is for the CIAC
duty person, and the secondary PIN number, 8550074 is for the CIAC
Project Leader.
Previous CIAC notices, anti-virus software, and other information are
available from the CIAC Computer Security Archive.
World Wide Web: http://www.ciac.org/
(or http://ciac.llnl.gov -- they're the same machine)
Anonymous FTP: ftp.ciac.org
(or ciac.llnl.gov -- they're the same machine)
Modem access: +1 (925) 423-4753 (28.8K baud)
+1 (925) 423-3331 (28.8K baud)
CIAC has several self-subscribing mailing lists for electronic
publications:
1. CIAC-BULLETIN for Advisories, highest priority - time critical
information and Bulletins, important computer security information;
2. SPI-ANNOUNCE for official news about Security Profile Inspector
(SPI) software updates, new features, distribution and
availability;
3. SPI-NOTES, for discussion of problems and solutions regarding the
use of SPI products.
Our mailing lists are managed by a public domain software package
called Majordomo, which ignores E-mail header subject lines. To
subscribe (add yourself) to one of our mailing lists, send the
following request as the E-mail message body, substituting
ciac-bulletin, spi-announce OR spi-notes for list-name:
E-mail to ciac-listproc@llnl.gov or majordomo@tholia.llnl.gov:
subscribe list-name
e.g., subscribe ciac-bulletin
You will receive an acknowledgment email immediately with a confirmation
that you will need to mail back to the addresses above, as per the
instructions in the email. This is a partial protection to make sure
you are really the one who asked to be signed up for the list in question.
If you include the word 'help' in the body of an email to the above address,
it will also send back an information file on how to subscribe/unsubscribe,
get past issues of CIAC bulletins via email, etc.
PLEASE NOTE: Many users outside of the DOE, ESnet, and NIH computing
communities receive CIAC bulletins. If you are not part of these
communities, please contact your agency's response team to report
incidents. Your agency's team will coordinate with CIAC. The Forum of
Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) is a world-wide
organization. A list of FIRST member organizations and their
constituencies can be obtained via WWW at http://www.first.org/.
This document was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an
agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States
Government nor the University of California nor any of their
employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any
legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or
usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process
disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately
owned rights. Reference herein to any specific commercial products,
process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or
otherwise, does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement,
recommendation or favoring by the United States Government or the
University of California. The views and opinions of authors expressed
herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States
Government or the University of California, and shall not be used for
advertising or product endorsement purposes.
LAST 10 CIAC BULLETINS ISSUED (Previous bulletins available from CIAC)
I-085: Microsoft IE Upgrade Trojan Horse Program
I-086: Cisco CRM Temporary File Vulnerability
I-087: Microsoft PPTP Security Vulnerabilities
I-088: NFS clients rpc.pcnfsd Vulnerability
I-089: SGI Seyon Security Vulnerability
I-090: HP-UX dtmail/rpc.ttdbserverd Vulnerability
I-091: Stack Overflow in ToolTalk RPC Service
I-092: Ping Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
J-001: Windows NT RPC Spoofing Denial of Service Vulnerability
J-002: SGI IRIX Mail(1)/mailx(1) Security Vulnerabilities
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: 4.0 Business Edition
iQCVAwUBNhlJRLnzJzdsy3QZAQGK/AP5AXWVVQbntdNdIv6uDOb6ghZIPxc1klOF
QEMXfmWPNga6pKe4IDGFY4qAU41u06FJ/21JcOgfYy6kJtZ0MhOkqlP39GzKs7Ft
BaWUsXnBhABe6Pze3FPxnzY3PqlIChoiX1p2ax1Vy2bUwYwaFCSKutjDLcc8hBKb
kIGPjwpfUg4=
=C9JD
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
TUCoPS is optimized to look best in Firefox® on a widescreen monitor (1440x900 or better).
Site design & layout copyright © 1986-2024 AOH
