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ESB-2003.0253 -- HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY BULLETIN:
HPSBUX0304-253
SSRT3531 Potential Security Vulnerability in sendmail (rev.1)
07 April 2003
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: sendmail
Vendor: Hewlett-Packard
Operating System: HP-UX 11.22
HP-UX 11.11
HP-UX 11.04(VVOS)
HP-UX 11.00
HP-UX 10.20
HP-UX 10.10
Platform: HP 9000 Series 700/800
Impact: Root Compromise
Denial of Service
Access Required: Remote
CVE Names: CAN-2003-0161
Ref: AL-2003.05
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**REVISED 01**
Source: HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY
SECURITY BULLETIN: HPSBUX0304-253
Originally issued: 03 April 2003
Last revised: 04 April 2003
SSRT3531 Potential Security Vulnerability in sendmail (rev.1)
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PROBLEM: Potential security vulnerability in sendmail
IMPACT: Potential unauthorized Privileged Access,
Potential Denial of Service (DoS).
PLATFORM: HP 9000 Series 700/800 Servers running HP-UX 10.10,
10.20, 11.00, 11.04(VVOS), 11.11, and 11.22.
SOLUTION: Download and install the appropriate files or the
--> HPSecurityBul253.depot.
--> The sendmail files and HPSecurityBul253.depot
--> referenced in HPSBUX0304-253 also address the
--> issues documented in HPSBUX0302-246.
--> If the sendmail files or HPSecurityBul253.depot
--> from HPSBUX0304-253 are installed, it is not necessary
--> to install the sendmail files or HPSecurityBul246.depot
--> from HPSBUX0302-246.
--> If both sets of sendmail files, or both depots, are
--> installed, the sendmail files or HPSecurityBul253.depot
--> from HPSBUX0304-253 must be installed *AFTER* the
--> sendmail files or HPSecurityBul246.depot from HP
--> HPSBUX0302-246 in order to ensure all issues are
--> addressed.
MANUAL ACTIONS: Yes - NonUpdate
Download and install the appropriate
sendmail file.
**REVISED 01**
AVAILABILITY: Fixes are available for 10.20, 11.00, 11.04(VVOS),
--> 11.11, and 11.22. This bulletin will be revised
--> when a fix is available for 10.10.
CHANGE SUMMARY: Rev.01 - Added fix for 11.22.
Added HPSecurityBul253.depot.
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A. Background
A potential security vulnerability with sendmail has been
reported in HP-UX. This potential vulnerability may result
in unauthorized Privileged Access or a Denial of Service
(DoS). This potential vulnerability may be exploited
remotely.
This is the vulnerability reported in CERT/CC CA-2003-12.
Note: In order to provide fixes as soon as possible manually
installed files are being provided initially. A depot
and patches containing these files will be provided as
soon as they can be created.
**REVISED 01**
--> A depot (HPSecurityBul253.depot) is now available.
Note: This problem also affects:
HP Tru64 UNIX/TruCluster Server V4.x and V5.x
HP Tru64 UNIX Engineering continues to work this
issue at the highest priority.
As solution information becomes available HP
will provide notice of the availability of any
necessary patches through standard security
bulletin announcements and be available from your
normal HP Services support channel.
The HP Tru64 bulletin will be posted to the customer
support website within 24 hours of release to -
http://thenew.hp.com/country/us/eng/support.html
or www.hp.com
Use the SEARCH IN feature box, enter SSRT in the
search window or use a specific SSRT #
(example: SSRT3531)
HP ProLiant Servers
If running Open Source Sendmail, refer to the following
Sendmail Consortium URL for patch details or upgrades:
http://www.sendmail.org
As more information becomes available HP
will provide notice of the availability of any
necessary patches through standard security
bulletin announcements and be available from your
normal HP Services support channel.
NOT VULNERABLE:
HP NonStop Servers
HP OpenVMS.
B. Recommended solution
Note: The fixes mentioned here include the fix for
for HPSBUX0302-246. The files are named to be
consistent with the names used in HPSBUX0302-246.
For example, HPSBUX0302-246 provided
sendmail.811.11.11.r1. This bulletin provides
sendmail.811.11.11.r2.
All versions of sendmail provided by HP on HP-UX
10.X and 11.X are vulnerable unless one of the
fixes described below has been installed.
Note: All the files mentioned for download below are
available from the following ftp site:
System: hprc.external.hp.com (192.170.19.51)
Login: sendmail
Password: sendmail
FTP Access: ftp://sendmail:sendmail@hprc.external.hp.com/
or: ftp://sendmail:sendmail@192.170.19.51/
or: ftp hprc.external.hp.com
Note: There is an ftp defect in IE5 that may result in
a browser hang. To work around this:
- Select Tools -> Internet Options -> Advanced
- Un-check the option:
[ ] Enable folder view for FTP sites
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To fix the problem:
1. Determine the sendmail version.
2. If necessary upgrade to a version of sendmail
for which a fix is available. Existing 8.11.1
versions MUST be updated to the versions listed
below or subsequent.
3. Modify sendmail.cf.
**REVISED 01**
--> EITHER
-->4. Download and install HPSecurityBul253.depot.gz.
--> OR
-->5. Download and install the appropriate sendmail
and killsm files.
Details:
1. Determine the sendmail version.
Login in as root:
cd /usr/sbin
sendmail -d0.1 < /dev/null | grep -i version
The display will show Version #.#.#
2. If necessary upgrade to a version of sendmail
for which a fix is available.
Fixes are available for the following versions:
HP-UX 10.20: sendmail 8.9.3
HP-UX 11.00: sendmail 8.11.1
HP-UX 11.00: sendmail 8.9.3
VVOS 11.04: sendmail 8.9.3
HP-UX 11.11: sendmail 8.11.1
HP-UX 11.11: sendmail 8.9.3
--> HP-UX 11.22: sendmail 8.11.1
--> Note: Existing sendmail 8.11.1 on 11.00 and 11.11
--> MUST be updated to the versions listed below.
If you are not running one the those versions,
you will need to upgrade as follows:
HP-UX 10.20
Upgrade to 8.9.3 by installing PHNE_25183.
HP-UX 11.00
Upgrade to 8.9.3 by by installing PHNE_24419.
OR
Upgrade to 8.11.1 by installing the web upgrade
available on http://www.software.hp.com
Sendmail 8.11.1 Version 2 (B.11.00.01.002) released in March 2003
VVOS 11.04 (Virtual Vault Operating System):
Upgrade to 8.9.3 by installing PHNE_25984.
Note: VVOS does not support the web upgrade version
of sendmail 8.11.1.
HP-UX 11.11
Upgrade to 8.11.1 by installing the web upgrade
available on http://www.software.hp.com
Sendmail 8.11.1 Version 3 (B.11.11.01.003) released in March 2003
3. Modify sendmail.cf
Add "restrictqrun" to the PrivacyOptions.
After the change the line should read:
O PrivacyOptions=authwarnings,restrictqrun
This change has already been made in the
/usr/newconfig/mail/sendmail.cf file delivered with
the new 8.11.1.
For 8.9.3 the change must be made in the
/usr/newconfig/mail/sendmail.cf file.
For both 8.9.3 and 8.11.1 the change must be made in
the /etc/mail/sendmail.cf file.
-->Note: Perform either step 4 or step 5.
-->4. Download and install HPSecurityBul253.depot.gz:
--> a. Download HPSecurityBul253.depot.gz
--> b. Unpack the file with gunzip(1)
--> c. Verify the cksum or the md5 sum.
--> cksum HPSecurityBul253.depot
--> 3387599586 6860800 HPSecurityBul253.depot
--> md5 HPSecurityBul253.depot
--> MD5 (HPSecurityBul253.depot) =
--> d5019256abfa93e034eeccc319df11ef
--> d. Extract the "readme" file for further information:
--> cd directory_containing_depot
--> swlist -d -l product -a readme
--> @ $PWD/HPSecurityBul253.depot
--> e. Install HPSecurityBul253.depot with swinstall(1).
5. Download and install the appropriate file.
a. Download the appropriate file(s).
For HP-UX 10.20: sendmail.893.10.20.r1.gz for 8.9.3
killsm.893.10.20 for 8.9.3
For HP-UX 11.00: sendmail.811.11.00.r1.gz for 8.11.1
sendmail.893.11.00.r1.gz for 8.9.3
killsm.893.11.00 for 8.9.3
For HP-UX 11.04: sendmail.893.11.00.r1.gz for 8.9.3
killsm.893.11.00 for 8.9.3
For HP-UX 11.11: sendmail.811.11.11.r2.gz for 8.11.1
sendmail.893.11.11.r1.gz for 8.9.3
killsm.893.11.11 for 8.9.3
**REVISED 01**
--> For HP-UX 11.22: sendmail.811.11.22.r1.gz for 8.11.1
--> killsm.811.11.22 for 8.11.1
--> Note: Because of changes to sendmail a new version of
--> killsm is required. The new version is included
--> in the latest web upgrade for 8.11.1 on 11.00 amd
--> 11.11. Since there is no web upgrade for 8.11.1
--> on 11.22, the killsm.811.11.22 is needed.
b. Unpack the file with gunzip(1)
c. Verify the cksum or the md5 sum.
cksum:
2336630777 811008 sendmail.893.10.20.r1
3989146179 1042 killsm.893.10.20
342459522 831488 sendmail.893.11.00.r1
2688504642 1052 killsm.893.11.00
3227626308 970752 sendmail.811.11.00.r1
3541980035 864256 sendmail.893.11.11.r1
651707972 1053 killsm.893.11.11
3137083796 1015808 sendmail.811.11.11.r2
--> 23403750 2312460 sendmail.811.11.22.r1
--> 3188566214 1191 killsm.811.11.22
Note: If you wish to verify the md5 sum and you do not
have a copy of md5, please refer to:
HPSBUX9408-016
Patch sums and the MD5 program
Note: Using your itrc account security bulletins can be
found here:
http://itrc.hp.com/cki/bin/doc.pl/screen=ckiSecurityBulletin
MD5 (sendmail.893.10.20.r1) = 6fdfd434b5a1c90907dc1149f8e7e5b2
MD5 (killsm.893.10.20) = 8aebbdb41ee527d8bae398a5feda82dd
MD5 (sendmail.893.11.00.r1) = ae011668557a64d93d5b683380332b8d
MD5 (killsm.893.11.00) = 4eb6f978de78540790487931b8f43eb1
MD5 (sendmail.811.11.00.r1) = 99b9c6f895fef1b923500df158f01678
MD5 (sendmail.893.11.11.r1) = 3be01a159408fa1090d1f7aafe822c88
MD5 (killsm.893.11.11) = a2c24f912bcf84ffb9dbb92620cac020
MD5 (sendmail.811.11.11.r2) = afe970b69d99a73faf7808917115f11f
-->MD5 (sendmail.811.11.22.r1) = dbae99173b44bc5b9698a009456345af
-->MD5 (killsm.811.11.22) = 3f456a09a76692fb0e77fe2cdb38e5f7
d. Install the appropriate file as follows:
Copy the appropriate sendmail file to a protected directory
such as /usr/sbin. If you are running sendmail 8.9.3 also
copy the appropriate killsm file to a protected directory
such as /usr/sbin.
Login as root and run killsm:
killsm
Verify the sendmail daemon is not running:
ps -ef | grep sendmail
If you are running the 8.9.3 version of sendmail
replace killsm as follows:
cd /usr/sbin
cp killsm killsm.orig
cp killrm.893.10.20 killsm
OR
cp killrm.893.11.00 killsm
OR
cp killrm.893.11.11 killsm
**REVISED 01**
--> If you are runnimg 11.22:
--> cd /usr/sbin
--> cp killsm killsm.orig
--> cp killrm.811.11.22 killsm
For all versions of sendmail,
make a backup copy of the existing sendmail:
cd /usr/sbin
cp sendmail sendmail.original
Note the permissions for reference:
ls -lia /usr/sbin/sendmail
Install the new sendmail:
cp sendmail.xxx.yy.zz.rn sendmail
For example, on 11.11:
cp sendmail.811.11.11.r2 sendmail
Restart sendmail.
If you were running sendmail before the killsm
command above, you can now restart it with the
following command (for HP-UX, not VVOS):
/sbin/init.d/sendmail start
Note: Do not execute the command above for VVOS 11.04
The command runs sendmail as a daemon, which is
not supported by VVOS (Virtual Vault Operating
System).
--> End of Step 5.
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Note: If you receive either of the following messages after
applying the fix, please follow the recommended action.
warning: /etc/mail/aliases has world read or
write permission. This is unsafe.
warning: /etc/mail/aliases.db has world read or
write permission. This is unsafe.
Recommended action
Execute the following commands.
chmod 640 /etc/mail/aliases
chmod 640 /etc/mail/aliases.db
sendmail -bi
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mail, do the following:
Use your browser to get to the HP IT Resource Center page
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Use the 'Login' tab at the left side of the screen to login
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NOTE: Using your itrc account security bulletins can be
found here:
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To -gain access- to the Security Patch Matrix, select
the link for "The Security Bulletins Archive". (near the
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to the current Security Patch Matrix. Updated daily, this
matrix categorizes security patches by platform/OS release,
and by bulletin topic. Security Patch Check completely
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11.XX systems.
For information on the Security Patch Check tool, see:
http://www.software.hp.com/cgi-bin/swdepot_parser.cgi/cgi/
displayProductInfo.pl?productNumber=B6834AA
The security patch matrix is also available via anonymous
ftp:
ftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/export/patches/hp-ux_patch_matrix/
On the "Support Information Digest Main" page:
click on the "HP Security Bulletin Archive".
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