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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2002.020 -- SGI Security Advisory 20020102-01-I
IRIX nsd vulnerability
16 January 2002
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: IRIX unified name service daemon (nsd)
Vendor: SGI
Operating System: IRIX 6.5.4m/f through 6.5.11m/f
Impact: Denial of Service
Access Required: Remote
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SGI Security Advisory
Title: IRIX nsd vulnerability
Number: 20020102-01-I
Date: January 15, 2002
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SGI provides this information freely to the SGI user community for its
consideration, interpretation, implementation and use. SGI recommends
that this information be acted upon as soon as possible.
SGI 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 SGI 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.
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- - --- Issue Specifics ---
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A vulnerability related to the way the IRIX unified name service daemon
(nsd) manages its cache files has been reported.
Due to a bug in a cache-limiting function, the cache can grow to eventually
fill the system disk.
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 nsd daemon is installed by default on all 6.5.x versions of IRIX, and
this vulnerability exists in all versions of IRIX 6.5.4m/f through
6.5.11m/f. The problem has been fixed in IRIX 6.5.12m/f.
A local user account on the vulnerable system is not required in order to
exploit this vulnerability.
The exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to a full system disk,
effectively resulting in a Denial of Service.
This vulnerability has been publicly discussed in Usenet newsgroups
and mailing lists.
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- - --- Solution ---
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SGI has provided a patch for these vulnerabilities for IRIX 6.5.11.
The problem has been fixed in IRIX 6.5.12. Our recommendation is to
upgrade to IRIX 6.5.12 or later.
OS Version Vulnerable? Patch # Other Actions
---------- ----------- ------- -------------
IRIX 3.x no Note 1
IRIX 4.x no Note 1
IRIX 5.x no Note 1
IRIX 6.0.x no Note 1
IRIX 6.1 no Note 1
IRIX 6.2 no Note 1
IRIX 6.3 no Note 1
IRIX 6.4 no Note 1
IRIX 6.5 no Notes 2 & 3
IRIX 6.5.1 no Notes 2 & 3
IRIX 6.5.2 no Notes 2 & 3
IRIX 6.5.3 no 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 4383
IRIX 6.5.12 no
IRIX 6.5.13 no
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 6.5.12 or later 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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- - --- Acknowledgments ----
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SGI wishes to thank Heiko Schlichting of Freie Universität Berlin and the
users of the Internet Community at large for their assistance in this
matter.
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- - --- References ---
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SGI Security Advisories can be found at:
http://www.sgi.com/support/security/ and
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/
SGI Security Patches can be found at:
http://www.sgi.com/support/security/ and
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/patches/
SGI patches for IRIX can be found at the following patch servers:
http://support.sgi.com/irix/ and ftp://patches.sgi.com/
SGI freeware updates for IRIX can be found at:
http://freeware.sgi.com/
SGI fixes for SGI open sourced code can be found on:
http://oss.sgi.com/projects/
SGI patches and RPMs for Linux can be found at:
http://support.sgi.com/linux/ or
http://oss.sgi.com/projects/sgilinux-combined/download/security-fixes/
SGI patches for Windows NT or 2000 can be found at:
http://support.sgi.com/nt/
IRIX 5.2-6.4 Recommended/Required Patch Sets can be found at:
http://support.sgi.com/irix/ and ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/patchset/
IRIX 6.5 Maintenance Release Streams can be found at:
http://support.sgi.com/colls/patches/tools/relstream/index.html
IRIX 6.5 Software Update CDs can be obtained from:
http://support.sgi.com/irix/swupdates/
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