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10 June 1998
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-98.094 -- Sun Security Bulletin #00170 rpc.nisd 11 June 1998 =========================================================================== Sun Microsystems, Inc. has released the following advisory concerning a vulnerability in the rpc.nisd program. This vulnerability may allow users to gain root access. The rpc.nisd daemon is an RPC service that implements the NIS+ service. The following security bulletin is provided as a service to AusCERT's members. As AusCERT did not write this document, AusCERT has had no control over its content. As such, the decision to use any or all of this information is the responsibility of each user or organisation, and should be done so in accordance with site policies and procedures. NOTE: This is only the original release of the security bulletin. 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On call after hours for emergencies. - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ________________________________________________________________________________ Sun Microsystems, Inc. Security Bulletin Bulletin Number: #00170 Date: June 10, 1998 Cross-Ref: CERT CA-98.06 ISS Security Advisory, June 10, 1998 Title: rpc.nisd ________________________________________________________________________________ The information contained in this Security Bulletin is provided "AS IS." Sun makes no warranties of any kind whatsoever with respect to the information contained in this Security Bulletin. ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED CONDITIONS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF NON-INFRINGEMENT OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED AND EXCLUDED TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE LAW. IN NO EVENT WILL SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOST REVENUE, PROFIT OR DATA, OR FOR DIRECT, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES HOWEVER CAUSED AND REGARDLESS OF ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS SECURITY BULLETIN, EVEN IF SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. If any of the above provisions are held to be in violation of applicable law, void, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, then such provisions are waived to the extent necessary for this disclaimer to be otherwise enforceable in such jurisdiction. ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Bulletins Topics Sun announces the release of patches for Solaris(tm) 2.6, 2.5.1, 2.5 and 2.4 (SunOS(tm) 5.6, 5.5.1, 5.5 and 5.4), which relate to a vulnerability in rpc.nisd. Sun estimates that the release of a patch for Solaris 2.3 (SunOS 5.3) that relates to the same vulnerability will be available within 12 weeks of the date of this bulletin. Sun strongly recommends that you install the patches listed in section 4 immediately on systems running SunOS 5.6, 5.6_x86, 5.5.1, 5.5, and 5.4 which use rpc.nisd. 2. Who is Affected Vulnerable: SunOS 5.6, 5.6_x86, 5.5.1, 5.5.1_x86, 5.5, 5.5_x86, 5.4, 5.4_x86 and 5.3 on systems which are NIS+ servers. Not vulnerable: All other supported versions of SunOS. 3. Understanding the Vulnerability The rpc.nisd daemon is an RPC service that implements the NIS+ service. This daemon must be running on all machines which serve a portion of the NIS+ namespace. A buffer overflow has been discovered in rpc.nisd which could be exploited to gain root access and execute arbitrary commands. 4. List of Patches The following patches are available in relation to the above problem. 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