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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

            ESB-2001.500 -- SGI Security Advisory 20011103-01-I
             Various shells create temporary files insecurely
                             28 November 2001

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
        ---------------------------------

Product:                sh
Vendor:                 SGI
Operating System:       IRIX
Impact:                 Overwrite Arbitrary Files
                        Root Compromise
Access Required:        Local

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______________________________________________________________________________
                          SGI Security Advisory

         Title:  Various shells create temporary files insecurely
        Number:  20011103-01-I
     Reference:  CERT® Advisory
     Reference:  CVE CAN-2000-1134
          Date:  November 26, 2001
______________________________________________________________________________

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or information in this Security Advisory.
______________________________________________________________________________


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- - --- Issue Specifics ---
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Gordon Irlam of the University of Adelaide, Australia reported
that sh uses /tmp files of a predictable name in creating files
for input redirection using the << operator.

Further investigation shows that tcsh, csh, sh, and bash on
various Unix systems also exhibit the same behavior.

See http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/10277 for additional details.

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.  This issue has been
corrected in future releases of IRIX.


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- - --- Impact ---
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The tcsh, bsh, and ksh shells are installed by default on IRIX.

A local user account on the vulnerable system is required in order
to exploit these shells.

The exploitation of these temporary files can lead to a root
compromise.

CERT reported this shell vulnerability:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/10277

CVE reported a derivative:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2000-1134

These shell vulnerabilities have been publicly discussed in
Usenet newsgroups and security mailing lists.


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- - --- Solution ---
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The problems have been fixed in IRIX 6.5.14m and 6.5.14f.

IRIX 6.5.14m can be obtained for free from:
http://support.sgi.com/colls/patches/tools/relstream/index.html


   OS Version     Vulnerable?     Patch #      Other Actions
   ----------     -----------     -------      -------------
   IRIX 3.x        unknown                     Note 1
   IRIX 4.x        unknown                     Note 1
   IRIX 5.x        unknown                     Note 1
   IRIX 6.0.x      unknown                     Note 1
   IRIX 6.1        unknown                     Note 1
   IRIX 6.2        unknown                     Note 1
   IRIX 6.3        unknown                     Note 1
   IRIX 6.4        unknown                     Note 1
   IRIX 6.5          yes                       Notes 2 & 3
   IRIX 6.5.1        yes                       Notes 2 & 3
   IRIX 6.5.2        yes                       Notes 2 & 3
   IRIX 6.5.3        yes                       Notes 2 & 3
   IRIX 6.5.4        yes                       Notes 2 & 3
   IRIX 6.5.5        yes                       Notes 2 & 3
   IRIX 6.5.6        yes                       Notes 2 & 3
   IRIX 6.5.7        yes                       Notes 2 & 3
   IRIX 6.5.8        yes                       Notes 2 & 3
   IRIX 6.5.9        yes                       Notes 2 & 3
   IRIX 6.5.10       yes                       Notes 2 & 3
   IRIX 6.5.11       yes                       Notes 2 & 3
   IRIX 6.5.12       yes                       Notes 2 & 3
   IRIX 6.5.13       yes                       Notes 2 & 3
   IRIX 6.5.14       no


   NOTES

     1) This version of the IRIX operating has been retired.
        Upgrade to an actively supported IRIX operating system.
        See http://support.sgi.com/irix/news/index.html#policy
        for more information.

     2) Download the IRIX 6.5.14 Maintenance Release Stream from the URL:
        http://support.sgi.com/colls/patches/tools/relstream/index.html

     3) If you have not received an IRIX 6.5.X CD for IRIX 6.5, contact your
        SGI Support Provider or URL: http://support.sgi.com/irix/swupdates/



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SGI patches for IRIX can be found at the following patch servers:
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IRIX 5.2-6.4 Recommended/Required Patch Sets can be found at:
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- - ------------------------
- - --- Acknowledgments ----
- - ------------------------

SGI wishes to thank Gordon Irlam, CVE, the CERT Coordination
Center and the users of the Internet Community at large for
their assistance in this matter.


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