M-020: SGI Multiple Local SendMail Vulnerability

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                          SGI Security Advisory

        Title:   Multiple Local Sendmail Vulnerabilities
        Number:  20011101-01-I
     Reference:  CVE CAN-2001-0714 and CAN-2001-0715
          Date:  November 19, 2001
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- --- Issue Specifics ---
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The Sendmail mail delivery subsystem is vulnerable to multiple
local attacks that lead to information loss, disclosure of
possibly sensitive information and possible mail system compromise.

Sendmail versions before 8.12.1, without the "RestrictQRun"
option enabled, allow local users to obtain potentially
sensitive information about the mail queue by setting flags to
enable debug mode.

All versions of Sendmail allow any user to process the whole
mail queue unless this feature is disabled by the administrator.
Due to a programming bug, specific attacker-specified mail delivery
options will be honored. It is possible to, for example, force Sendmail
to drop queue contents by setting initial message hop count above the
limit.

Systems that do not allow users to run the queue ("RestrictQRun"
option) are not vulnerable to these exploits. "RestrictQRun" is
not set by default.

SGI has investigated these issues and recommends the following
steps for neutralizing the exposure.  It is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
that these measures be implemented on ALL vulnerable SGI
systems.



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- --- Impact ---
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The sendmail daemon is installed by default on IRIX.

A local user account on the vulnerable system is required in order
to exploit the sendmail daemon.

These sendmail vulnerabilities were assigned the following CVEs:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2001-0714
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2001-0715

This issue was reported by BindView RAZOR team:
http://razor.bindview.com/publish/advisories/adv_sm812.html

These sendmail vulnerabilities have been publicly discussed in
Usenet newsgroups and security mailing lists.


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- --- Temporary Solution ---
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The steps below can be used to configure sendmail so that users
are not allowed to run the queue.

     1) Become the root user on the system.

                % /bin/su -
                Password:
                #

     2) Edit the file /etc/sendmail.mc

                # vi  /etc/sendmail.mc

       {Add the following line}

       define(`confPRIVACY_FLAGS', `restrictqrun')dnl

       {Save the file and exit}


     3) Rebuild the sendmail.cf file from the modified
        sendmail.mc file.

                # /usr/etc/configmail mc2cf


     4) Stop and restart sendmail

                # /etc/init.d/mail stop
		# /etc/init.d/mail start


     5) Return to previous level.

                # exit
                %


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- --- Solution ---
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Currently, there are no patches available from SGI to address these issues.

SGI recommends following the steps from the Temporary Solution section to
disable users from being able to run the queue.

All versions of IRIX are vulnerable to these exploits unless the
above steps are taken.


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- --- Acknowledgments ----
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SGI wishes to thank the BindView RAZOR team and the users of the Internet
Community at large for their assistance in this matter.


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