Published:
17 June 1998
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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-98.100 -- SGI Security Advisory 19980602-01-PX
IRIX mediad(1M) Vulnerability
18 June 1998
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Silicon Graphics Inc. has released the following advisory concerning
a vulnerability discovered in the default behaviour of the mediad(1M)
program that can lead to a root compromise of the system.
Physical access to the removable media devices on the system and
a local account is required in order to exploit the mediad(1M)
vulnerability locally and remotely.
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Silicon Graphics Inc. Security Advisory
Title: IRIX mediad(1M) Vulnerability
Number: 19980602-01-PX
Date: June 17, 1998
_____________________________________________________________________________
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 IRIX mediad(1M) daemon is used to monitor removable media devices on
Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI) platforms.
Unfortunately, a vulnerability has been discovered in the default behavior
of the mediad(1M) program that can lead to a root compromise of the system.
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 vulnerable SGI systems. This
issue will be corrected in future releases of IRIX.
- - ---------------
- - ---- Impact ---
- - ---------------
The mediad(1M) daemon is installed by default on all IRIX 5.1 through
IRIX 6.4 systems.
Physical access to the removable media devices on the system and a local
account is required in order to exploit the mediad(1M) vulnerability
locally and remotely.
It is believed that this vulnerability has not been publically discussed.
- - ---------------------------
- - ---- 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 deactivating the
mediad(1M) program.
1) Become the root user on the system.
% /bin/su -
Password:
#
2) Stop the currently running mediad(1M) daemon.
# /etc/init.d/mediad stop
************
*** NOTE ***
************
With this workaround in place, removable media devices
will need to be mounted manually (see man mount(1M)).
3) Turn off mediad(1M) during system start up.
# chkconfig mediad off
************
*** NOTE ***
************
After installing the patch, the mediad(1M) daemon needs to be
reactivated during system startup with "chkconfig mediad on".
4) Return to the previous user level.
# exit
%
- - -----------------
- - ---- Solution ---
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OS Version Vulnerable? Patch # Other Actions
---------- ----------- ------- -------------
IRIX 3.x no
IRIX 4.x no
IRIX 5.0.x no
IRIX 5.1.x yes not avail Note 1 & 2
IRIX 5.2 yes not avail Note 1 & 2
IRIX 5.3 yes 3191 & 3189 Note 3
IRIX 6.0.x yes not avail Note 1 & 2
IRIX 6.1 yes not avail Note 1 & 2
IRIX 6.2 yes 3192 & 3190 Note 3
IRIX 6.3 yes 3109
IRIX 6.4 yes 2891
IRIX 6.5 no
NOTES
1) Upgrade to currently supported IRIX operating system.
2) See "Temporary Solution" section.
3) Both patches must be installed to fix this vulnerability.
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:
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- - -------------------------
- - ---- Acknowledgments ---
- - -------------------------
Silicon Graphics wishes to thank the Internet community at large 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.
------oOo------
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are located under the directories ~ftp/security and ~ftp/patches,
respectively. The Silicon Graphics Security Headquarters Web page is
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------oOo------
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