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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2001.499 -- SGI Security Advisory 20011102-01-I
Netscape Directory Server contains multiple vulnerabilities in
LDAP handling code
27 November 2001
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Netscape/IPlanet Directory Server 4.1.4 and earlier
Vendor: SGI
Operating System: IRIX
Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Root Compromise
Access Required: Remote
Ref: AA-2001.04
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SGI Security Advisory
Title: Netscape Directory Server contains multiple vulnerabilities
in LDAP handling code
Number: 20011102-01-I
Reference: CERT® Advisory CA-2001-18
Date: November 26, 2001
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SGI provides this information freely to the SGI user community for its
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that this information be acted upon as soon as possible.
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or information in this Security Advisory.
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- - --- Issue Specifics ---
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The CERT Coordination Center has reported that several products
including the Netscape / IPlanet Directory Server (version
4.1.4 or earlier) products contain multiple vulnerabilities in
the LDAP handling code.
In the encoding section of the PROTOS LDAPv3 test suite, these
products had an indeterminate number of failures in the group
that tests invalid BER length of length fields.
In the application section of the PROTOS LDAPv3 test suite,
these products failed four groups and had inconclusive results
for an additional five groups. The four failed groups indicate
the presence of buffer overflow vulnerabilities. For the
inconclusive groups, the product exhibited suspicious behavior
while testing for format string vulnerabilities.
Please read the CERT advisory and info on the PROTOS LDAPv3
test suite at:
http://www.ee.oulu.fi/research/ouspg/protos/testing/c06/ldapv3/
SGI 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.
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- - --- Impact ---
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SGI sold IRIX Netscape Directory Server versions 1.0, 1.02, 3.0,
3.11, and 4.1. All of those versions are subject to the
vulnerabilities outlined in this bulletin. None of these
products are currently available from SGI, and all have been
retired and are no longer supported by SGI.
One or more of these vulnerabilities allow a remote attacker to
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the Directory
Server. The server typically runs with root privileges. At
least one of these vulnerabilities has been successfully
exploited in a laboratory environment under Windows NT 4.0, but
they may affect other platforms as well.
A local user account on the vulnerable system is not required in order
to exploit these vulnerabilities.
CERT/CC reported the vulnerabilities:
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-18.html
These vulnerabilities have been publicly discussed in Usenet
newsgroups and security mailing lists.
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- - --- Solution ---
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These products have been retired, and SGI will not be providing
a patch for these vulnerabilities. SGI's recommendation is to
uninstall the product.
To see the current support status of any SGI product, see:
http://support.sgi.com/spk/
Support Mode Descriptions
http://support.sgi.com/news/swmodes.html
IRIX Product Support Policy
http://support.sgi.com/news/support/index.html
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- - --- Acknowledgments ----
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SGI wishes to thank the CERT Coordination Center, PROTOS team
from Finland, and the users of the Internet Community at large
for their assistance in this matter.
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