Published:
18 November 1997
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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-97.151 -- SGI Security Advisory 19970505-02-PX
IRIX df Buffer Overrun Vulnerability
19 November 1997
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Silicon Graphics Inc. has released the following advisory concerning a
well known vulnerability in df(1). This vulnerability may allow users
with local accounts to execute commands with root privileges.
AUSCERT previously released advisory AA-97.19 on May 26, 1997 providing
information and workarounds for this problem.
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Silicon Graphics Inc. Security Advisory
Title: IRIX df Buffer Overrun Vulnerability
Title: AUSCERT Advisory AA-97.19 and CERT Advisory CA-97.21
Number: 19970505-02-PX
Date: November 18, 1997
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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 df(1) program is used to provide information about disk space
usage on a system.
The df(1) program is setuid root and as part of normal usage accepts
user arguments to operate.
It has been determined that an appropriately crafted set of arguments
could be input to the df(1) program allowing execution of arbitrary
user commands with root privileges. This resulting buffer overflow
condition is considered a security vulnerability.
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 ---
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The df(1) program (/sbin/df) is installed on all IRIX systems by
default.
A local account is required in order to exploit this vulnerability.
With a local account the vulnerability can be exploited both
locally and remotely.
This vulnerability can be utilized to execute commands with root
privileges.
This security issue has been publically disclosed and discussed in
several public forums including the BUGTRAQ mailing list. Additionally,
security advisories AUSCERT AA-97.19 and CERT CA-97.21 have been
publically released on the issue.
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- - --- Temporary Solution ---
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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 df program.
1) Become the root user on the system.
% /bin/su -
Password:
#
2) Change the permissions on the df program.
# /bin/chmod 500 /sbin/df
************
*** NOTE ***
************
Removing the setuid root permissions from the df
program will prevent non-root users and applications
from using the df program.
3) Return to previous level.
# exit
$
- - ----------------
- - --- Solution ---
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OS Version Vulnerable? Patch # Other Actions
---------- ----------- ------- -------------
IRIX 3.x unknown not avail Note 1
IRIX 4.x unknown 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 2224
IRIX 6.0.x yes not avail Note 1
IRIX 6.1 yes not avail Note 1
IRIX 6.2 yes 2177
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.2177
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 24281 8 README.patch.2177
Algorithm #2 (sum): 27018 8 README.patch.2177
MD5 checksum: 7A3DF720DD7D6B1316E9937050233280
Filename: patchSG0002177
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 43678 1 patchSG0002177
Algorithm #2 (sum): 29631 1 patchSG0002177
MD5 checksum: F97FBC0C9E17C9BFFE4ECC03924D8250
Filename: patchSG0002177.eoe_sw
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 17436 115 patchSG0002177.eoe_sw
Algorithm #2 (sum): 24229 115 patchSG0002177.eoe_sw
MD5 checksum: F01742532D483B02920F2837DB992CCA
Filename: patchSG0002177.idb
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 20506 2 patchSG0002177.idb
Algorithm #2 (sum): 59240 2 patchSG0002177.idb
MD5 checksum: E52E021C27786A8047B95E0477B3B946
Filename: README.patch.2224
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 06375 23 README.patch.2224
Algorithm #2 (sum): 65399 23 README.patch.2224
MD5 checksum: A8965CB89FF91CCE1BEC0EA31F057F2B
Filename: patchSG0002224
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 32725 10 patchSG0002224
Algorithm #2 (sum): 11598 10 patchSG0002224
MD5 checksum: E40BC7206484A9CC583C67F8BEDCDB1A
Filename: patchSG0002224.eoe1_sw
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 43776 2095 patchSG0002224.eoe1_sw
Algorithm #2 (sum): 16531 2095 patchSG0002224.eoe1_sw
MD5 checksum: B538973E5982C82B7450D02CCAC3F601
Filename: patchSG0002224.eoe2_sw
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 23026 643 patchSG0002224.eoe2_sw
Algorithm #2 (sum): 24004 643 patchSG0002224.eoe2_sw
MD5 checksum: 6FCDDD383A115B97F9A884474AEFD3BD
Filename: patchSG0002224.idb
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 46992 18 patchSG0002224.idb
Algorithm #2 (sum): 4590 18 patchSG0002224.idb
MD5 checksum: 16F15C4EBB396F49B62361D030801058
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 ---
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Silicon Graphics wishes to thank the worldwide Internet community and the
AUSCERT and CERT Coordination Center organizations for their assistance
in this matter.
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- - --- 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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