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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                   ESB-2002.193 -- SGI Security Advisory
                IRISconsole icadmin password vulnerability
                               26 April 2002

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:                IRISconsole 2.0
Vendor:                 SGI
Operating System:       IRIX
Impact:                 Increased Privileges
Access Required:        Remote

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                          SGI Security Advisory

        Title:      IRISconsole icadmin password vulnerability
        Number:     20020406-01-P
        Date:       April 24, 2002
        Reference:  CAN-2002-0171

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- - --- Issue Specifics ---
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It's been reported that under certain conditions the IRISconsole 2.0 product
will allow login to the "icadmin" account with the wrong password.

This vulnerability could lead to a privileged compromise of the IRISconsole
environment.

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.

These issues have been corrected patch 4038.


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- - --- Impact ---
- - --------------

The IRISconsole product is an optional product and is not installed by
default on IRIX systems.

In order to determine if IRISconsole is installed, execute the following
command:

  % versions -b | grep IRISconsole

If a line similar to that shown below is returned, then IRISconsole is
installed:

I  IRISconsole          09/27/1999  IRISconsole Administration Software 2.0

This vulnerability was assigned the following CVE:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2002-0171


- - ----------------------------
- - --- Temporary Workaround ---
- - ----------------------------

There is no effective workaround available for these problems.
SGI recommends installing patch 4038.


- - ----------------
- - --- Solution ---
- - ----------------

Install patch 4038 available from http://support.sgi.com/ and
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/patches/6.5/

This patch is for IRISconsole 2.0 and is not tied to a specific
IRIX operating system release.

                ##### Patch File Checksums ####

The actual patch will be a tar file containing the following files:

Filename:                 README.patch.4038
Algorithm #1 (sum -r):    27613 34 README.patch.4038
Algorithm #2 (sum):       40443 34 README.patch.4038
MD5 checksum:             C9D4829884AA5F4BD60AA366BF3B00FA

Filename:                 patchSG0004038
Algorithm #1 (sum -r):    24783 2 patchSG0004038
Algorithm #2 (sum):       45387 2 patchSG0004038
MD5 checksum:             37029900C0634CBE2BEDDEA86418C083

Filename:                 patchSG0004038.IRISconsole_sw
Algorithm #1 (sum -r):    13394 312 patchSG0004038.IRISconsole_sw
Algorithm #2 (sum):       7321 312 patchSG0004038.IRISconsole_sw
MD5 checksum:             742FBF3B52049AA5BC79E2D1DCF42CE3

Filename:                 patchSG0004038.idb
Algorithm #1 (sum -r):    44486 4 patchSG0004038.idb
Algorithm #2 (sum):       17160 4 patchSG0004038.idb
MD5 checksum:             EB60B3E0287C11736242E418C2DA5DDE


- - ------------------------
- - --- Acknowledgments ----
- - ------------------------

SGI wishes to thank FIRST and the users of the Internet Community at
large for their assistance in this matter.


- - -------------
- - --- Links ---
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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/


The primary SGI anonymous FTP site for security advisories and patches is
patches.sgi.com (216.32.174.211).  Security advisories and patches are
located under the URL ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/

For security and patch management reasons, ftp.sgi.com (mirrors
patches.sgi.com security FTP repository) lags behind and does not do a
real-time update.


- - -----------------------------------------
- - --- SGI Security Information/Contacts ---
- - -----------------------------------------

If there are questions about this document, email can be sent to
security-info@sgi.com.

                      ------oOo------

SGI provides security information and patches for use by the entire SGI
community.  This information is freely available to any person needing the
information and is available via anonymous FTP and the Web.

The primary SGI anonymous FTP site for security advisories and patches is
patches.sgi.com (216.32.174.211).  Security advisories and patches are
located under the URL ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/

The SGI Security Headquarters Web page is accessible at the URL:
http://www.sgi.com/support/security/

For issues with the patches on the FTP sites, email can be sent to
security-info@sgi.com.

For assistance obtaining or working with security patches, please
contact your SGI support provider.

                      ------oOo------

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mail message.


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SGI provides a comprehensive customer World Wide Web site. This site is
located at http://www.sgi.com/support/security/ .

                      ------oOo------

If there are general security questions on SGI systems, email can be sent to
security-info@sgi.com.

For reporting *NEW* SGI security issues, email can be sent to
security-alert@sgi.com or contact your SGI support provider.  A support
contract is not required for submitting a security report.

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