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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2003.0406 -- SGI Security Advisory
Imperfect Broadcast Address Checking
11 June 2003
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: TCP/IP Stack
Publisher: SGI
Operating System: IRIX 6.5.16 and prior
Impact: Reduced Security
Access Required: Remote
CVE Names: CVE-2002-0381
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SGI Security Advisory
Title : Imperfect Broadcast Address Checking
Number : 20030604-01-I
Date : June 10, 2003
Reference : Bugtraq ID 4309
Reference : CVE CVE-2002-0381
Reference : SGI BUG 851650
Fixed in : IRIX 6.5.17
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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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It's been reported that BSD-based TCP/IP code has a bug with respect to
creating TCP connections to a broadcast address. This bug can potentially be
a security vulnerability when firewall administrators assume that the TCP
implementation works correctly and do not block broadcast addresses. If good
security practices have been followed on a firewall host or gateway, the
potential for exploitation is probably low. This vulnerability is present
in IRIX 6.5 versions prior to 6.5.17m/f.
For additional details, see:
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/262733
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4309
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2002-0381
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 in IRIX 6.5.17 and later versions.
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- - --- Impact ---
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Since this is a kernel level vulnerability, it is present in all versions of
IRIX earlier than 6.5.17.
To determine the version of IRIX you are running, execute the following
command:
# /bin/uname -R
That will return a result similar to the following:
# 6.5 6.5.19f
The first number ("6.5") is the release name, the second ("6.5.16f" in this
case) is the extended release name. The extended release name is the
"version" we refer to throughout this document.
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- - --- Temporary Workaround ---
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There is no effective workaround available for these problems. SGI
recommends upgrading to IRIX 6.5.17 or later.
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- - --- Solution ---
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SGI has not provided patches for these vulnerabilities. Our recommendation
is to upgrade to IRIX 6.5.17 or later.
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 yes Notes 2 & 3
IRIX 6.5.15 yes Notes 2 & 3
IRIX 6.5.16 yes Notes 2 & 3
IRIX 6.5.17 no
IRIX 6.5.18 no
IRIX 6.5.19 no
IRIX 6.5.20 no
IRIX 6.5.21 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 for more information.
2) 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
3) Upgrade to IRIX 6.5.17 or later
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- - --- Acknowledgments ----
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SGI wishes to thank Crist Clark and the users of the Internet Community at
large for their assistance in this matter.
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