Protect yourself against future threats.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2003.0426 -- SGI Security Advisory MIPSPro Compiler Predictable Temp File vulnerability 18 June 2003 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: SGI MIPSPro Compilers 7.2.1 SGI MIPSPro Compilers 7.1 Publisher: SGI Operating System: IRIX Impact: Reduced Security Access Required: Existing Account CVE Names: CAN-2000-0578 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ______________________________________________________________________________ SGI Security Advisory Title: MIPSPro Compiler Predictable Temp File vulnerability Number: 20030605-01-A Date: June 17, 2003 Reference: SGI BUG 792239 Reference: CVE CAN-2000-0578 Reference: BUGTRAQ ID# 1412 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1412 ______________________________________________________________________________ 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. ______________________________________________________________________________ SGI acknowledges the compiler temporary file vulnerability reported by Crimelabs: http://www.crimelabs.net/docs/irix-compiler-tempfile.txt and is currently investigating. This issue was assigned the following CVE: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2000-0578 No further information is available at this time. As further information becomes available, additional advisories will be issued. For the protection of all our customers, SGI does not disclose, discuss or confirm vulnerabilities until a full investigation has occurred and any necessary patch(es) or release streams are available for all vulnerable and supported Linux and IRIX operating systems. Until SGI has more definitive information to provide, customers are encouraged to assume all security vulnerabilities as exploitable and take appropriate steps according to local site security policies and requirements. As further information becomes available, additional advisories will be issued via the normal SGI security information distribution methods including the wiretap mailing list. - - - ----------------------------------------- - - - --- 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. 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------ SGI provides a free security mailing list service called wiretap and encourages interested parties to self-subscribe to receive (via email) all SGI Security Advisories when they are released. Subscribing to the mailing list can be done via the Web (http://www.sgi.com/support/security/wiretap.html) or by sending email to SGI as outlined below. % mail wiretap-request@sgi.com subscribe wiretap <YourEmailAddress such as aaanalyst@sgi.com > end ^d In the example above, <YourEmailAddress> is the email address that you wish the mailing list information sent to. The word end must be on a separate line to indicate the end of the body of the message. The control-d (^d) is used to indicate to the mail program that you are finished composing the mail message. ------oOo------ SGI provides a comprehensive customer World Wide Web site. This site is located at http://www.sgi.com/support/security/ . ------oOo------ 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. - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBPu+CWbQ4cFApAP75AQH9kAP9FaGNdMMCcnUbwY7/RaLkAsUenak9sZtP tDivdpHwTInFAuF0L6N7571KifQ1yhSkrYeh/1IyFESCFtw3aymsmSKQaZystYQ9 OBevBZnS2syRLXRA5QbyXTqHhXze1yFPpMlTWK/PhsrvEDlPllCFrdpqTAtKadrN HMXD9lA06r8= =uMbo - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. The mailing list you are subscribed to is maintained within your organisation, so if you do not wish to continue receiving these bulletins you should contact your local IT manager. If you do not know who that is, please send an email to auscert@auscert.org.au and we will forward your request to the appropriate person. This security bulletin is provided as a service to AusCERT's members. As AusCERT did not write the document quoted above, AusCERT has had no control over its content. The decision to use any or all of this information is the responsibility of each user or organisation, and should be done so in accordance with site policies and procedures. NOTE: This is only the original release of the security bulletin. It may not be updated when updates to the original are made. If downloading at a later date, it is recommended that the bulletin is retrieved directly from the author's website to ensure that the information is still current. Contact information for the authors of the original document is included in the Security Bulletin above. If you have any questions or need further information, please contact them directly. Previous advisories and external security bulletins can be retrieved from: http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?cid=1980 If you believe that your system has been compromised, contact AusCERT or your representative in FIRST (Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams). Internet Email: auscert@auscert.org.au Facsimile: (07) 3365 7031 Telephone: (07) 3365 4417 (International: +61 7 3365 4417) AusCERT personnel answer during Queensland business hours which are GMT+10:00 (AEST). On call after hours for member emergencies only. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=1967 iQCVAwUBPu+wJih9+71yA2DNAQGb0QP6A63LRfwuRdScBJiXZVrEhQ2FsK9FdiSC dwWLPUGhIBww3YhFRrivdEiSrOq2CgQU1W5B0JZ/eaXGLUsobs/JqS2ThZ8VKkiN Qn+CggwcL2s9vNVWHgSBteB3U3gqsHGe/jJCmpcepS++zkJC/UJNXPz0+LfLg5/n 8ly4eurV1u4= =ofIA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----