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INFORMATION BULLETIN
Vulnerability in getopt (3)
June 5, 1997 21:00 GMT Number H-69
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PROBLEM: A vulnerability has been identified in the getopt (3) function
in the libc library.
PLATFORM: SunOS versions 5.5.1, 5.5.1_x86, 5.5, 5.5_x86, 5.4, 5.4_x86,
and 5.3.
DAMAGE: This vulnerability may allow users to cause programs using
getopt (3) to execute arbitrary commands. If these programs are
setuid or setgid, a user may gain unauthorized root access.
SOLUTION: (1) For SunOS 5.5.1, 5.5.1_x86, 5.5, 5.5_x86, or 5.4 apply
patches specified below. (2) For SunOS 5.4_x86 or 5.3 apply
workarounds specified below until patches for these systems are
made available.
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VULNERABILITY Exploit information for this vulnerability has been
ASSESSMENT: made publicly available.
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Sun Microsystems, Inc. Security Bulletin
Bulletin Number: #00141
Date: 4 June 1997
Cross-Ref:
Title: Vulnerability in getopt(3)
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1. Bulletins Topics
Sun announces the release of patches for Solaris 2.5.1, 2.5, and 2.4
(SunOS 5.5.1, 5.5, and 5.4) that relate to a vulnerability with the
getopt(3) function in the libc library. Any privileged program (setuid
or setgid) that uses getopt(3) may exploit the vulnerability to gain root
access.
Sun estimates the release of patches for Solaris 2.4_x86 and 2.3 (SunOS
5.4_x86 and 5.3) that relate to the same vulnerability will be available
within 1 week and 3 weeks respectively of the date of this bulletin.
Sun strongly recommends that you:
a. install the patches listed in section 5 immediately on every system
running SunOS 5.5.1, 5.5.1_x86, 5.5, 5.5_x86, or 5.4
b. apply the workarounds specified in section 4 immediately on every
system
running SunOS 5.4_x86 or 5.3.
2. Who is Affected
Vulnerable: SunOS versions 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
This vulnerability is fixed in the upcoming release of Solaris.
3. Understanding the Vulnerability
The getopt(3) function parses options from a program's command list.
Due to insufficient bounds checking by getopt(3) while processing command
line arguments, it is possible to overwrite the internal stack space of
programs that use getopt(3). This may allow users to cause programs using
getopt(3) to execute arbitrary commands by supplying carefully crafted
arguments to these programs. If these programs are setuid or setgid, then
these commands may be run with those privileges.
Any dynamically or statically linked setuid or setgid program that uses
getopt(3) may be vulnerable.
4. Workarounds
4.1 Dynamically linked programs
The vulnerability can be exploited by using getopt(3) to print error
messages when an invalid option is discovered. These messages can be
suppressed by setting "opterr" (a global libc variable) to zero by doing
the following:
As root, execute the following command:
# adb -w /lib/libc.so.1
Type the following:
opterr?W0
The system will respond with:
opterr: 0x1 = 0x0
Type Control-D to exit adb.
Note that this workaround will suppress getopt(3) error messages from
all dynamically linked executables.
4.2 Statically linked programs
The workaround in 4.1 cannot be applied to statically linked setuid or
setgid programs. Other than /usr/sbin/static/rcp, Sun is not aware of any
other statically linked executable that uses getopt(3). The vulnerability
in the rcp program can be closed by removing the setuid bit with a command
such as the following:
chmod 555 /usr/sbin/static/rcp
The rcp program is typically run as root during system boot or recovery
only.
5. The vulnerability relating to getopt(3) is fixed by the following patches:
OS version Patch ID
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SunOS 5.5.1 103612-23
SunOS 5.5.1_x86 103613-23
SunOS 5.5 103187-25
SunOS 5.5_x86 103188-25
SunOS 5.4 101945-49
SunOS 5.4_x86 101946-43 (to be released in 1 week)
SunOS 5.3 101318-87 (to be released in 3 weeks)
6. Checksum Table
The checksum table below shows the BSD checksums (SunOS 5.x:
/usr/ucb/sum),
SVR4 checksums (SunOS 5.x: /usr/bin/sum), and the MD5 digital signatures
for the above-mentioned patches that are available from:
ftp://sunsolve1.sun.com/pub/patches/patches.html
These checksums may not apply if you obtain patches from your answer
centers.
File Name BSD SVR4 MD5
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103612-23.tar.Z 58756 3133 30630 6266 80BFC84479DAED881141250D924C6B1A
103613-23.tar.Z 25868 2829 1295 5657 5AE2770752A17D853029B539EF94B783
103187-25.tar.Z 64511 3195 17448 6389 36120E6EB91C100EB302CE2FEE96739A
103188-25.tar.Z 07195 2880 23176 5760 6707EAB1BD10B845F535E131836F8DC5
101945-49.tar.Z 25995 10899 19660 21798 D67A5744C87BAD1A31D87AED6DC3C362
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APPENDICES
A. Patches listed in this bulletin are available to all Sun customers via
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