Published:
18 January 1997
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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-97.149 -- SGI Security Advisory 19971102-01-PX
Vulnerability in at(1) program
19 Novemeber 1997
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Silicon Graphics Inc. has released the following advisory concerning a
vulnerability in the at(1) program. Information regarding this
vulnerability has been previously described in CERT Advisory CA-97.18
(re-released as AUSCERT ESB-97.072 on June 13, 1997).
This vulnerability may allow users with a local account to execute
commands with root privileges.
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Silicon Graphics Inc. Security Advisory
Title: Vulnerability in at(1) program
Title: CERT CA-97.18
Number: 19971102-01-PX
Date: November 18, 1997
______________________________________________________________________________
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 at(1) program is used by local users to read commands from standard
input to be executed at a later time. These commands are run as the
user using the at(1) program.
In normal operation, the at(1) program runs as a setuid root privileged
program inorder to perform its tasks. Unfortunately, a buffer overrun
has been discovered in the at(1) program which could allow arbitrary
commands to be run as the privileged user root.
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 SGI systems. This issue will
be corrected in future releases of IRIX.
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- - --- Impact ---
- - --------------
The at(1) program is installed on all Silicon Graphics IRIX systems by
default.
A local account is required in order to exploit this vulnerability both
locally and remotely.
This vulnerability can be utilized to execute commands with root
privileges.
This vulnerability has been publically discussed in Usenet newsgroups
and mailing lists and also reported in CERT Advisory CA-97.18.
- - --------------------------
- - --- 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 at(1) program.
1) Become the root user on the system.
% /bin/su -
Password:
#
2) Remove the permissions on the at(1) program.
# /bin/chmod 0 /usr/bin/at
************
*** NOTE ***
************
Removing the permissions from the at(1)
program will prevent the program from
executing, even for root user.
3) Return to previous level.
# exit
$
- - ----------------
- - --- Solution ---
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OS Version Vulnerable? Patch # Other Actions
---------- ----------- ------- -------------
IRIX 3.x yes not avail Note 1
IRIX 4.x yes not avail Note 1
IRIX 5.0.x yes not avail Note 1
IRIX 5.1.x yes not avail Note 1
IRIX 5.2 yes not avail Note 1
IRIX 5.3 yes 2225
IRIX 6.0.x yes not avail Note 1
IRIX 6.1 yes not avail Note 1
IRIX 6.2 yes 2230
IRIX 6.3 yes 2232
IRIX 6.4 yes 2233
NOTES
1) upgrade operating system or see "Temporary Solution" section.
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:
Filename: README.patch.2225
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 17470 8 README.patch.2225
Algorithm #2 (sum): 32106 8 README.patch.2225
MD5 checksum: 42A1501001E07C40544C93859E7C6E1B
Filename: patchSG0002225
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 12944 1 patchSG0002225
Algorithm #2 (sum): 30466 1 patchSG0002225
MD5 checksum: C8158D7B6552684FB4B89949627F6CFC
Filename: patchSG0002225.eoe1_sw
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 58136 49 patchSG0002225.eoe1_sw
Algorithm #2 (sum): 9067 49 patchSG0002225.eoe1_sw
MD5 checksum: A97C10C3461E249585895CA72652A2E3
Filename: patchSG0002225.idb
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 15748 1 patchSG0002225.idb
Algorithm #2 (sum): 34188 1 patchSG0002225.idb
MD5 checksum: 0B7C6DC178A5C327E53F875A113E1971
Filename: README.patch.2230
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 58607 17 README.patch.2230
Algorithm #2 (sum): 35215 17 README.patch.2230
MD5 checksum: 4340DCE3BA3469941F1361BB6208EDB1
Filename: patchSG0002230
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 46535 2 patchSG0002230
Algorithm #2 (sum): 5679 2 patchSG0002230
MD5 checksum: 945EC35A9340CF2A74721701589AE3EC
Filename: patchSG0002230.eoe_man
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 34340 606 patchSG0002230.eoe_man
Algorithm #2 (sum): 28556 606 patchSG0002230.eoe_man
MD5 checksum: 83D6EF44CAE016B7C509A63A450E2EEA
Filename: patchSG0002230.eoe_sw
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 21159 1954 patchSG0002230.eoe_sw
Algorithm #2 (sum): 52976 1954 patchSG0002230.eoe_sw
MD5 checksum: E3CA682069D56992A92FC0B1385C8C6F
Filename: patchSG0002230.idb
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 27782 15 patchSG0002230.idb
Algorithm #2 (sum): 1450 15 patchSG0002230.idb
MD5 checksum: 42654CBFA3AD648A9DBBDAA5C3115E31
Filename: README.patch.2232
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 30727 12 README.patch.2232
Algorithm #2 (sum): 55743 12 README.patch.2232
MD5 checksum: DD9402D2434B1513A3B9886D70CD9243
Filename: patchSG0002232
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 55916 3 patchSG0002232
Algorithm #2 (sum): 20486 3 patchSG0002232
MD5 checksum: FE63680542E429EA91D33AA15EB06537
Filename: patchSG0002232.eoe_man
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 43804 36 patchSG0002232.eoe_man
Algorithm #2 (sum): 27383 36 patchSG0002232.eoe_man
MD5 checksum: 6EE21B2D5362295BDC20D5F84BA7DEC4
Filename: patchSG0002232.eoe_sw
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 03690 421 patchSG0002232.eoe_sw
Algorithm #2 (sum): 11833 421 patchSG0002232.eoe_sw
MD5 checksum: C5AD8C10999347F8FA67871B5B98CB63
Filename: patchSG0002232.idb
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 38374 4 patchSG0002232.idb
Algorithm #2 (sum): 4337 4 patchSG0002232.idb
MD5 checksum: 0610B31450652A09F343E2B1ED3E939A
Filename: README.patch.2233
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 51881 11 README.patch.2233
Algorithm #2 (sum): 41695 11 README.patch.2233
MD5 checksum: 5D7F90A9AE9F2A483059E6D8D08DF317
Filename: patch2233.pgp.and.chksums
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 00000 0 patch2233.pgp.and.chksums
Algorithm #2 (sum): 0 0 patch2233.pgp.and.chksums
MD5 checksum: D41D8CD98F00B204E9800998ECF8427E
Filename: patchSG0002233
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 18405 3 patchSG0002233
Algorithm #2 (sum): 23610 3 patchSG0002233
MD5 checksum: 462695A8E5958C4B6A78960F001A2351
Filename: patchSG0002233.eoe_man
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 43804 36 patchSG0002233.eoe_man
Algorithm #2 (sum): 27383 36 patchSG0002233.eoe_man
MD5 checksum: 6EE21B2D5362295BDC20D5F84BA7DEC4
Filename: patchSG0002233.eoe_sw
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 24542 347 patchSG0002233.eoe_sw
Algorithm #2 (sum): 6782 347 patchSG0002233.eoe_sw
MD5 checksum: B5D1408146E7B71B1F5A8290ABCF5A4F
Filename: patchSG0002233.idb
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 50085 3 patchSG0002233.idb
Algorithm #2 (sum): 41850 3 patchSG0002233.idb
MD5 checksum: B41E8A31941E47BD46682CFB4641882F
- - ------------------------
- - --- Acknowledgments ---
- - ------------------------
Silicon Graphics wishes to thank the CERT Coordination Center
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.
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