Published:
03 December 2003
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2003.0829 -- Sun(sm) Alert Notification - Sun Alert ID: 27807 PC Netlink's Access Control List Permissions May be Lost After Restore of a Backup 03 December 2003 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: PC Netlink 1.x Publisher: Sun Microsystems Impact: Reduced Security Increased Privileges Access Required: Remote - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- DOCUMENT ID: 27807 SYNOPSIS: PC Netlink's Access Control List Permissions May be Lost After Restore of a Backup DETAIL DESCRIPTION: Sun(sm) Alert Notification * Sun Alert ID: 27807 * Synopsis: PC Netlink's Access Control List Permissions May be Lost After Restore of a Backup * Category: Security, Data Loss * Product: PC Netlink * BugIDs: None * Avoidance: Upgrade, Workaround * State: Resolved * Date Released: 07-Sep-2001 * Date Closed: 01-Dec-2003 * Date Modified: 01-Dec-2003 1. Impact Backing up and later restoring "PC Netlink" shared files or directories may cause PC Netlink Access Control List (ACL) information to get lost. As a result, access restrictions might get lost for files or directories accessed by PC clients through PC Netlink. 2. Contributing Factors This issue can occur in the following releases: SPARC * PC Netlink 1.x Intel * PC Netlink 1.x Only PC Netlink shared files and directories are affected that have been backed up and restored using VERITAS NetBackup, Legato NetWorker Server, Client, and Storage Node software, Solstice Backup, or other backup products that support the handling of PC Netlink ACLs on the server. Backup software that accesses files and directories through the PC Netlink shares (typically backup software running on PC Clients or PC Servers) is not affected by the described issue. The described issue only affects UNIX files and directories within a PC Netlink share that * are a symbolic link, or * lie one or more levels below a symbolically linked directory, or * lie on a share that itself is a symbolically linked directory. To check if a file or directory is a symbolic link, use the Solaris "ls -l" command (please see the "ls" man page for more details). To check if any PC Netlink shares itself are symbolically linked directories, use the "/opt/lanman/sbin/net share" command to list all PC Netlink shares: # /opt/lanman/sbin/net share Share name Resource Remark -------------------------------------------------------------- IPC$ IPC Share C$ C:\ Root Share SCOTT$ C:\export\home\scott Scott's Directory then check each shared "Resource" for being a symbolically linked UNIX directory. Every "Resource" relates to a UNIX directory named after the "Resource", but without the starting "C:" and with all backslashes ("\") replaced by slashes ("/"), e.g. "C:\export\home\scott" relates to the UNIX directory "/export/home/scott", which may or may not be a symbolic link. 3. Symptoms After restore operations, PC Netlink ACL permissions of files or directories are lost (i.e. are set to the default permissions). ACL permissions may be checked on the PC Clients or by using the "/opt/lanman/sbin/lsacl" command on the PC Netlink server. SOLUTION SUMMARY: 4. Relief/Workaround As a possible workaround, should a PC Netlink shared file or directory be a symbolic link, always backup and later restore it together with the file or directory that the symbolic link points to (please check your backup product's documentation for more information). Also, a full backup and later restore of all PC Netlink shared files, including symbolic links and the files or directories the symbolic links point to, together with the ACL database (held in "/var/opt/lanman/datafiles"), will not encounter the described issue. Using backup software that accesses files and directories through the PC Netlink shares (typically backup software running on PC Clients or PC Servers) will also avoid the described issue. Alternatively, do not use symbolically linked files or directories within PC Netlink shares to avoid the described issue. Should permissions have been lost due to the described issue, they need to be restored either * by directly restoring the complete ACL database (held in "/var/opt/lanman/datafiles") on the PC Netlink server from a backup copy, or * by manually readjusting permissions using the "net perms" and "chacl" commands (please see the PC Netlink documentation for more details) 5. Resolution This issue is addressed in PC Netlink 2.x (available at [1]http://www.sun.com/solutions/interoperability/netlink/). Change History 01-Dec-2003: * Updates "Resolution" section * State: Resolved This Sun Alert notification is being provided to you on an "AS IS" basis. This Sun Alert notification may contain information provided by third parties. The issues described in this Sun Alert notification may or may not impact your system(s). Sun makes no representations, warranties, or guarantees as to the information contained herein. ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED. BY ACCESSING THIS DOCUMENT YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SUN SHALL IN NO EVENT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT ARISE OUT OF YOUR USE OR FAILURE TO USE THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN. 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